Skin reflectance in the newborn infant.

abstract：:Alveolar macrophages were isolated from three cystic fibrosis patients, and the structure and function of these cells were compared to that of normal alveolar macrophages. The cystic fibrosis (CF) and normal alveolar macrophages were able to phagocytize Pseudomonas in the presence of normal serum, but cells from both ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Thomassen MJ,Demko CA,Wood RE,Tandler B,Dearborn DG,Boxerbaum B,Kuchenbrod PJ

更新日期：1980-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the development of cytotoxic cellular immune response to herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1)-infected autologous cells and the production of interferon (IFN) was studied using in vitro secondary sensitization of peripheral blood leukocytes in subjects with recurrent herpes labialis (RHL) and i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tsutsumi H,Bernstein JM,Riepenhoff-Talty M,Ogra PL

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Chinese children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), it was reported that NPHS2 mutation was detected in 4.3%, which was lower than that in Caucasians (10-30%). However, there were no data on WT1 mutation in nephrotic syndrome (NS), especially in early-onset NS of Chinese children. Thus, a study, whic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li J,Ding J,Zhao D,Yu Z,Fan Q,Chen Y,Zhang H,Zhong X,Huang J,Yao Y,Xiao H

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to determine whether the oxidative injury markers, protein carbonyls and malondialdehyde (MDA), are elevated in tracheal aspirates from very low birth weight (< 1500 g) infants; to determine whether levels correlate with myeloperoxidase as a marker of neutrophil inflammation; and to assess...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Buss IH,Darlow BA,Winterbourn CC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sp act of galactose-1-phosphate uridyltransferase has been measured in individual regions of adult rat brain to see if site-specific differences in enzyme activity can aid in the understanding of brain abnormalities observed in well-treated galactosemic patients. The sp act in the cerebellum, brain stem, and midbr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rogers S,Heidenreich R,Mallee J,Segal S

更新日期：1992-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In persistent hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia of infancy, ketone body concentrations are abnormally low at times of hypoglycemia, depriving the brain of its most important alternative fuel. The neuroprotective effect of endogenous ketone bodies is evidenced by animal and human studies, but knowledge about exogenous supp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Plecko B,Stoeckler-Ipsiroglu S,Schober E,Harrer G,Mlynarik V,Gruber S,Moser E,Moeslinger D,Silgoner H,Ipsiroglu O

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patency of the ductus arteriosus in preterm infants is mediated by vasodilating prostanoids; however, reliable methods to monitor prostanoid activity or production in preterm infants are lacking. We measured the excretion rates of major and characteristic urinary metabolites of prostacyclin (PGI2), PGE1, and PGE2, 6-k...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Seyberth HW,Müller H,Ulmer HE,Wille L

更新日期：1984-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspiration is a major cause of lung disease in infants and young children. As the symptoms and signs of aspiration are not specific, the diagnosis is delayed due to a low index of suspicion and low sensitivity and specificity of the available diagnostic tests. In the present study, we evaluated the utility of microsph...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Springer C,Benita S,Sherman Y,Gursoy N,Gilhar D,Avital A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ontogeny of glutamine uptake by jejunal brush border membrane vesicles was studied in suckling and weanling rats and compared with the data obtained from previous studies done on adult rats in our laboratory. Glutamine uptake represented transport into the intravesicular space rather than mere binding into the mem...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： al-Mahroos FT,Bulus N,Abumrad N,Said H,Ghishan FK

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma selenium concentration and glutathione peroxidase activity in red blood cells were determined in subjects from different age groups. The selenium level (mean +/- SD) found in infancy (0 to 6 months) was 2 +/- 0.6 micrograms/dl, with the lowest value of 1 microgram/dl observed in a 4-month-old infant. These leve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： van Caillie-Bertrand M,Degenhart HJ,Fernandes J

更新日期：1986-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this project was to study the role of lipid peroxidation in oxygen-induced lung injury in the newborn lamb. It was our hypothesis that injury to the microvascular bed of the lung by oxygen would coincide with a burst of peroxidative activity and would be accompanied by an increased rate of excretion of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hansen TN,Smith CV,Gest AL,Smith HW,Giesler M

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand scoliosis, related comorbidities, and phenotype-genotype correlations in individuals with Rett syndrome (RTT), the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network database for RTT was probed. Clinical evaluations included a detailed history and physical examination, comprehensive anthropometric measurements, and ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Percy AK,Lee HS,Neul JL,Lane JB,Skinner SA,Geerts SP,Annese F,Graham J,McNair L,Motil KJ,Barrish JO,Glaze DG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial sepsis is a relatively common problem in the neonatal period, particularly among prematurely delivered infants. The newborn rat has been widely used as a model for sepsis neonatorum, and in that model incomplete development of the neutrophil system has been postulated to be an important factor predisposing n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Christensen RD,Rothstein G

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination can protect animals from asthma, but the effect of BCG on childhood asthma prevention is controversial in humans. To verify the hypothesis that the BCG anti-asthma effect in childhood might be reversed by a respiratory virus infection, newborn BALB/c mice were divided into fi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li R,Yang X,Wang L,Liu E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Progress has been made in the reduction of morbidity and mortality from neonatal sepsis. However, diagnosis continues to rely primarily on conventional microbiologic techniques, which can be inaccurate. The objective of this review is to provide the clinician with an overview of the current information available on di...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Iroh Tam PY,Bendel CM

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mutations of genes involved in the innate immune system have been reported to be associated with an increased sepsis rate in adults. We determined the -159T mutation of the CD14 gene, the 896G mutation of the toll-like receptor 4 gene, the 3020insC mutation of the NOD2 gene (NOD2-3020insC), the IL-6 174G/C promoter po...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ahrens P,Kattner E,Köhler B,Härtel C,Seidenberg J,Segerer H,Möller J,Göpel W,Genetic Factors in Neonatology Study Group.

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the developmental changes in the pattern of urinary metabolites of theophylline, a substrate for CYP1A2, to study when CYP1A2, which is absent in the perinatal period, fully develops during childhood. The urinary ratios of three metabolites (1-methyluric acid, 3-methylxanthine, and 1,3-dimethyluric aci...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tateishi T,Asoh M,Yamaguchi A,Yoda T,Okano YJ,Koitabashi Y,Kobayashi S

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To compare the hemodynamic effects of isoproterenol, dopamine, and dobutamine in the immature animal, each drug was infused into anesthetized open chest puppies and cardiac output was measured, as were systemic arterial blood pressure, heart rate, and renal artery blood flow. Cardiac output was increased by dopamine a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Driscoll DJ,Gillette PC,Lewis RM,Hartley CJ,Schwartz A

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although fetal asphyxia, i.e. hypoxemia, acidosis, and hypercapnia, increases plasma arginine vasopressin (AVP) greater than 40-fold, hypoxemia and metabolic acidosis occurring independently cause only 5-fold and 2-fold increases, respectively. To determine the effects of hypercapnia on AVP release, we examined the ef...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Faucher DJ,Laptook AR,Porter JC,Rosenfeld CR

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prematurity is associated with delayed postnatal activation of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation and impaired switch from glycolytic to oxidative metabolism. Fatty acids (FA), which represent a major energy substrate in mature muscle cells, are engaged in the postnatal activation of genes of energy metabolism an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Brauner P,Kopecký P,Flachs P,Ruffer J,Sebron V,Plavka R,Vítková I,Vorlícek J,Kopecký J

更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pediatric research may be entering a period of failure to thrive. This is despite impressive scientific achievements, significant financial benefits, intriguing unanswered questions and a rewarding life for the pediatric researcher. Many of the difficulties are financial and situational, including small departments an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Stiehm ER

更新日期：1985-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Isolated TSH deficiency leading to hypothyroidism seems to be a rare condition, escaping the diagnosis by neonatal screening programs, which are based on the primary determination of TSH. This is the first report of a case with an autosomal recessive TSH defect caused by a homozygous mutation of the betaTSH gene that ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Biebermann H,Liesenkötter KP,Emeis M,Oblanden M,Grüters A

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional status, prenatally and early postnatally, plays a critical role in postnatal growth and development. Early malnutrition may change the original programming of organs, especially those in developmental phases, which can result in long-term changes in metabolism. The association between a low birth weigh...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Engelbregt MJ,Houdijk ME,Popp-Snijders C,Delemarre-van de Waal HA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of Cis-platin on the glomerular filtration rate and effective renal plasma flow was determined using a radioisotope clearance technique in young (3 wk old) and adult (more than 12 wk old) rats. Cis-platin was administered intravenously in dosages ranging from 2.5 to 10 mg/kg body weight, either as a single ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Jongejan HT,Provoost AP,Wolff ED,Molenaar JC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundExtracellular adenine nucleotides contribute to ischemia-reperfusion injury following infant cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), whereas conversion to adenosine may be protective. Alkaline phosphatase (AP), a key enzyme responsible for this conversion, decreases after infant CPB. Indirect evidence suggests that so...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Persson JN,Baird CH,Tong S,Urban TT,Klawitter J,Wischmeyer PE,Davidson JA

更新日期：2018-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ca2+ transients were examined in embryonic chick hearts with an experimentally induced cardiac neural crest-related outflow tract defect known as persistent truncus arteriosus (PTA). In all of the animal models of neural crest-related heart defects, prenatal mortality is too high to be attributed to structural defects...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Creazzo TL,Brotto MA,Burch J

更新日期：1997-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are substantial alterations in fuel homeostasis immediately after birth. Leptin is a putative regulator of energy metabolism. Consequently, the aim of this study was to examine whether there are changes in circulating leptin concentrations during the early postnatal period. Umbilical cord mixed blood samples wer...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hytinantti T,Koistinen HA,Koivisto VA,Karonen SL,Andersson S

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Depression is one of the most debilitating chronic disorders in the United States, affecting 15 million children in homes with depressed mothers, many of whom endure household chaos, inconsistent nurturing, inadequate safety practices, and harsh discipline. Depressed mothers are under diagnosed and undertreated, yet t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Weiss-Laxer NS,Platt R,Osborne LM,Kimmel M,Solomon BS,Mendelson T,Webb L,Riley AW

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pregnane steroids have sedative and neuroprotective effects on the brain, due to interactions with the steroid-binding site of the GABAA receptor. In the adult brain, synthesis of the pregnane steroids is increased in response to stress. Therefore, we have used umbilicoplacental embolization to mimic chronic placental...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nguyen PN,Billiards SS,Walker DW,Hirst JJ

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Cerebral white-matter (WM) abnormalities on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) correlate with neurodevelopmental disability in infants born prematurely. RESULTS:Quantitative histological measures of WM and ventricular volumes correlated with qualitative MRI scores of WM volume loss and ventriculomegaly. Dif...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Griffith JL,Shimony JS,Cousins SA,Rees SE,McCurnin DC,Inder TE,Neil JJ

更新日期：2012-02-01 00:00:00