Endocrine Abstracts

Familial Partial Lipodystrophy Syndromes (FPLD) are rare diseases characterized by partial lack of subcutaneous fat resulting in a severe metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular complications. Besides premature cell senescence, 2 main mechanisms are involved in FPLD: impaired adipocyte differentiation and lipid droplet, corresponding to two of the main causes of FPLD: LMNA-related FPLD2 and PLIN-related FPLD4. The objective of this study was to compare the clin...