Jaime Guevara-Aguirre, Arlan L Rosenbloom, Alexandra Guevara, Mark A Atkinson, MacKenzie D Williams, Enrique Terán, Amanda L Posgai, Carolina Guevara, Verónica Rosado, Antonio W D Gavilanes, Clive H Wasserfall
AIMS: We examined the effect of growth hormone (GH) counter-regulation on carbohydrate metabolism in individuals with life-long diminished insulin secretion (DIS). METHODS: Adults homozygous for the E180 splice site mutation of GHR [Laron syndrome (LS)], adults with a gain-of-function mutation in CDKN1c [Guevara-Rosenbloom syndrome (GRS)], and controls were evaluated for body composition, leptin, total and high molecular weight (HMW) adiponectin, insulin-like growth factor (IGF) axis molecules, and a 5-hour oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT), with measurements of glucose, insulin, glucagon, ghrelin, pancreatic polypeptide, gastric inhibitory peptide, glucagon-like peptide-1, peptide YY, and islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP)...
December 19, 2022: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice