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ReviewNature reviews. Endocrinology2024

Diabetes mellitus in patients with acromegaly: pathophysiology, clinical challenges and management.

Daniela Esposito, Cesar Luiz Boguszewski, Annamaria Colao, Maria Fleseriu, Federico Gatto, Jens Otto Lunde Jørgensen, Oskar Ragnarsson, Diego Ferone, Gudmundur Johannsson

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Review in Nature reviews. Endocrinology, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 34 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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34citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

34 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  5. Acromegaly complications: an update.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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  6. Changing understanding of acromegaly epidemiology and early mortality risk.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Daniela EspositoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden. daniela.esposito@gu.se.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8993-2071
Cesar Luiz BoguszewskiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Endocrine Division (SEMPR), University Hospital, Federal University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-7941
Annamaria ColaoEndocrinlogy Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, Federico II University Medical School of Naples, Naples, Italy.
Maria FleseriuPituitary Center, Department of Medicine and Neurological Surgery, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9284-6289
Federico GattoEndocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5062-9208
Jens Otto Lunde JørgensenDepartment of Endocrinology and Internal Medicine, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7408-1526
Oskar RagnarssonDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Diego FeroneEndocrinology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, IRCCS Ospedale Policlinico San Martino, Genova, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1410-6143
Gudmundur JohannssonDepartment of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3484-8440

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Acromegaly is a rare endocrine disease caused by hypersecretion of growth hormone, most commonly arising due to a pituitary adenoma. Diabetes mellitus is a common complication of acromegaly, occurring in approximately one-third of patients. The risk of diabetes mellitus in acromegaly is driven by increased exposure to growth hormone, which directly attenuates insulin signalling and stimulates lipolysis, leading to decreased glucose uptake in peripheral tissues. Acromegaly is a unique human model, where insulin resistance occurs independently of obesity and is paradoxically associated with a lean phenotype and reduced body adipose tissue mass. Diabetes mellitus in patients with acromegaly is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Therefore, preventive measures and optimized treatment of diabetes mellitus are essential in these patients. However, specific recommendations for the management of diabetes mellitus secondary to acromegaly are lacking due to limited research on this subject. This Review explores the underlying mechanisms for diabetes mellitus in acromegaly and its effect on morbidity and mortality. We also discuss treatment modalities for diabetes mellitus that are suited for patients with acromegaly. Improved understanding of these issues will lead to better management of acromegaly and its associated metabolic complications.

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AcromegalyDiabetes MellitusHuman Growth HormoneHumansInsulin ResistanceHuman Growth Hormone

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