Developmental disease and cancer: biological and clinical overlaps

A Bellacosa - American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Numerous parallelisms exist between development and cancer. In this article, I review some
of the founding ideas linking development and cancer, and highlight clinical conditions …

Towards identification of molecular mechanisms of short stature

LA Waldman, DJ Chia - International journal of pediatric endocrinology, 2013 - Springer
Growth evaluations are among the most common referrals to pediatric endocrinologists.
Although a number of pathologies, both primary endocrine and non-endocrine, can present …

Genetic disorders of insulin action: far more than diabetes

BG Challis, RK Semple - Current Obesity Reports, 2013 - Springer
As obesity rates inexorably rise, so the incidence of diseases associated with insulin
resistance (IR) is also surging. The tendency towards obesity-associated IR appears …