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49th Annual Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

Belfast, Ireland
02 Nov 2022 - 04 Nov 2022

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49th Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

ea0085nep2.1 | Endocrine Symposium 4 | BSPED2022

Immune dysregulation driving future risk of disease in children with obesity

DeBarra Conor , Tobin Laura , O'Shea Donal , Cody Declan , Hogan Andrew

Obesity is linked to an increased risk of 13 different cancers in adulthood. The environment supporting this increased risk is multi-factorial but includes metabolic dysregulation, chronic inflammation and the loss of the anti-tumour activity of cells such natural killer (NK) cells. We present data which shows that this pro-cancer environment starts early in children with obesity, potentially increasing their risk of future disease. We investigated a cohort of 50 children with...

ea0085nep2.2 | Endocrine Symposium 4 | BSPED2022

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ea0085nep2.3 | Endocrine Symposium 4 | BSPED2022

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