Ontogeny of the immune system: fetal lamb as a model.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of our study was to understand the relationship between consanguineous marriages and reproductive outcomes. METHODS:A total of 999 families were recruited from five Muslim populations of Jammu region. Family pedigrees were drawn to access the family history and inbreeding status in terms of coeffici...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fareed M,Kaisar Ahmad M,Azeem Anwar M,Afzal M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Groups of newborn rats were transthoracically inoculated with 1 X 10(6) type III group B streptococci/g body wt, either alone or in combination with 1.5 microgram/g body wt of type-specific antibody derived from hybridoma cell lines. Ninety-four percent of the animals who received bacteria alone died. In contrast, non...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Christensen RD,Rothstein G,Hill HR,Pincus SH

更新日期：1983-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bone disease is an important complication among very low birth weight (VLBW, <1500 g) infants. In adults, osteoporosis is associated with polymorphisms of vitamin D receptor (VDR), estrogen receptor (ER), and collagen Ialpha1 (COLIA1) genes. However, limited information is available regarding the role of these polymor...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Funke S,Morava E,Czakó M,Vida G,Ertl T,Kosztolányi G

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal susceptibility to overwhelming bacterial infection is commonly attributed to a relative deficiency in serum opsonic activity. However, few studies have compared the functional capacity of the classical complement pathway with that of the alternative complement pathway in the neonate. The opsonic activity of n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mills EL,Björksteń B,Quie PG

更新日期：1979-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Therapeutic hypothermia (HT) is the only intervention that improves outcomes in neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). However, the multifactorial mechanisms by which HT impacts HIE are incompletely understood. The complement system plays a major role in the pathogenesis of ischemia-reperfusion inju...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shah TA,Nejad JE,Pallera HK,Lattanzio FA,Farhat R,Kumar PS,Hair PS,Bass WT,Krishna NK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A) is a frequent surgical procedure in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Many symptomatic children who do not fulfill the currently recommended criteria for T&A may benefit from topical intranasal steroid therapy. However, the expression of glucocorticoid receptor (GCR) ex...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goldbart AD,Veling MC,Goldman JL,Li RC,Brittian KR,Gozal D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether human milk contained soluble receptors and cytokine antagonists that might contribute to its anti-inflammatory properties, ELISA and enzyme-amplified sensitivity immunoassay methods were used to quantitate soluble intercellular and vascular cell adhesion molecules, soluble E-selectin, soluble IL-6...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Buescher ES,Malinowska I

更新日期：1996-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Deficiencies in phagocytosis may contribute to the increased susceptibility of infants to early life infections. Data on phagocytosis of the major neonatal pathogens Staphylococcus epidermidis (SE), Staphylococcus aureus (SA), and Escherichia coli (EC) by preterm infant leukocytes are inconsistent. METHODS:...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Prosser A,Hibbert J,Strunk T,Kok CH,Simmer K,Richmond P,Burgner D,Currie A

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report reference values for osteocalcin and bone and liver alkaline phosphatase (ALP) isoforms in serum from 114 healthy children and adolescents, age 7-16 y. The bone and liver ALP isoforms were measured by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). Six ALP isoforms were separated and quantified in all samples...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Magnusson P,Häger A,Larsson L

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term EEG monitoring (LTM) with several electrodes could be a useful tool for surveillance of the brain during the first critical days of life. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of multichannel LTM for automated analysis of EEG activity from d 1 to 3 using eight electrodes. Premature infants (GA <31 wk; n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Schumacher EM,Westvik AS,Larsson PG,Lindemann R,Westvik J,Stiris TA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), FluMist, has been widely appreciated by pediatricians, parents, and children alike for its ease of administration. However, concerns regarding lack of effectiveness in recent influenza seasons led to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) re...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gill MA,Schlaudecker EP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Adolescents born preterm have altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis function with a blunted cortisol stress response, however, the influences of intrauterine growth restriction and race are unclear. METHODS:We measured salivary cortisol before and 20 min after a maximal-exercise stress test and calcul...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Brown CL,Myers K,South AM,Shaltout HA,Jensen ET,Nixon PA,Washburn LK

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians could modify dietary interventions during early infancy by monitoring fat and fat-free mass accretion in very preterm infants. METHODS:Preterm infants were randomly assigned to either having reports on infant body composition available to the clinicians caring for them (intervention group) or not...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Salas AA,Jerome ML,Chandler-Laney P,Ambalavanan N,Carlo WA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundPoor aerobic fitness is associated with worsening of asthma symptoms, and fitness training may improve asthma control. The mechanism linking fitness with asthma is not known. We hypothesized that repeated bouts of exercise would lead to a downregulation of glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression on circulati...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lu KD,Cooper D,Haddad F,Zaldivar F,Kraft M,Radom-Aizik S

更新日期：2017-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Extremely preterm birth is associated with subsequent behavioral problems. We hypothesized that perinatal systemic inflammation, a risk factor for cerebral white matter injury and cognitive impairment, is associated with behavior problems observed at 2 y. METHODS:In a cohort of 600 children born before 28 w...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： O'Shea TM,Joseph RM,Kuban KC,Allred EN,Ware J,Coster T,Fichorova RN,Dammann O,Leviton A,ELGAN Study Investigators.

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Placental steroid sulfatase deficiency is a genetic disorder only recently reported in the medical literature. Most documented cases of placental sulfatase deficiency have been marked by delay in onset of labor, lack of cervical dilatation, and relative refractoriness of oxytocic agents and amniotomy. We have studied ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shapiro LJ,Cousins L,Fluharty AL,Stevens RL,Kihara H

更新日期：1977-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm infants are more prone to bone mineral deficiency the lower their birth weight. To achieve the intrauterine bone mineral accretion rate postnatally, 74 low-birth-weight infants (median birth weight, 980 g; range 430-1.580 g) were each supplemented enterally and/or parenterally with calcium and/or phosphorus in...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pohlandt F

更新日期：1994-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The associations between prenatal exposure to endocrine disruptive chemicals (EDCs) and fetal growth are inconsistent, and few studies have considered small-for-gestational-age (SGA) birth as an outcome. Our current study of Scandinavian parous women aimed to address these inconsistencies and gaps in the lit...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lauritzen HB,Larose TL,Øien T,Sandanger TM,Odland JØ,van de Bor M,Jacobsen GW

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the normal development of blood coagulation factor activities in a growing fetus while avoiding the effects of labor and delivery, a chronic fetal lamb model was developed in which serial blood samples from 10 fetuses were studied during the third trimester of pregnancy and 24 hr after birth. Under operating ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kisker CT,Robillard JE,Clarke WR

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of this study was to determine whether small-for-gestational-age (SGA) infants born very prematurely had increased respiratory morbidity in the neonatal period and at follow-up. METHODS:Data were examined from infants recruited into the United Kingdom Oscillation Study (UKOS). Of the 797 infants who...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Peacock JL,Lo JW,D'Costa W,Calvert S,Marlow N,Greenough A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five patients with Bartter's syndrome were investigated. Sodium restriction (less than 10 mEq/day for at least 5 days) showed a renal sodium wastage in only two patients (I and II) in spite of increased aldosterone secretion rate (from 151-427 to 680-842 mug/day). The effect of angiotensin II (A II) 80ng/kg/min for 30...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sann L,David M,Richard P,Floret D,Sassard J,Bizollon CA,Francois R

更新日期：1976-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin-1 can cause pulmonary vasoconstriction via endothelin-A (ET(A)) receptor activation. We hypothesized that ET(A) blockers (EMD 122946 and BQ 610) would reduce hypoxia-induced (HYP) but not group B streptococcal infusion (GBS)-induced pulmonary hypertension in a juvenile whole animal model. Pulmonary hyperten...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ambalavanan N,Philips JB 3rd,Bulger A,Oparil S,Chen YF

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium-deficient fetuses exhibited malformations (44%), anemia, and edema. Maternal plasma magnesium levels at day 21 of pregnancy reflected the level of dietary magnesium (2.43 +/- 0.09 mg Mg/100 ml, control; 0.74 +/- 0.02 mg Mg/100 ml, deficient). Plasma magnesium levels of deficient fetuses showed similar decrea...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cosens G,Diamond I,Theriault LL,Hurley LS

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The major variation in effect between undiluted cystic fibrosis and heterozygote sera on rabbit tracheal epithelium was in terms of the time after exposure at which changes occurred. Exposure to both types of sera for 3 min caused release of goblet cell mucus and ciliary resorption possibly by apical swelling of colum...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kennedy JR,Allen PL

更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The length of the Y chromosome was measured in 42 black patients with trisomy 21 (47,XY,+21) and a similar number of normal individuals of American black ancestry. The length of the Y was expressed as a function of Y/F ratio and arbitrarily classified into five groups using subjectively defined criteria as follows: ve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Verma RS,Huq A,Madahar C,Qazi Q,Dosik H

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is 5-fold higher in preterm (PT) infants born ≤28 weeks gestational age (GA) as compared to the general population. The relationship between placental pathologic lesions and ASD in PT infants has not been studied. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mir IN,White SP,Steven Brown L,Heyne R,Rosenfeld CR,Chalak LF

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genotyping tests were developed to attenuate the impact of viral resistance. Information about the efficacy in genotype base antiretroviral therapy in children is rare and even more in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS:Sixteen children with antiretroviral therapy (ART) failure and triple-class drug-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Huerta-García G,Vazquez-Rosales JG,Mata-Marín JA,Peregrino-Bejarano L,Flores-Ruiz E,Solórzano-Santos F

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated inflammation may contribute to neonatal sepsis, for which pentoxifylline (PTX), a phosphodiesterase inhibitor that raises intracellular cAMP, is a candidate adjunctive therapy. We characterized the anti-inflammatory effects of PTX toward TLR-mediated production of inflammato...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Speer EM,Dowling DJ,Ozog LS,Xu J,Yang J,Kennady G,Levy O

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between CD40 and CD40L (CD154) are critical for effective humoral immune response. CD40 signaling facilitates T lymphocyte dependent B cell proliferation and immunoglobulin isotype switch. The objective of our study was to investigate the CD40 and CD40L expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kowalczyk D,Macura-Biegun A,Zembala M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute postasphyxial encephalopathy around the time of birth remains a major cause of death and disability. The possibility that hypothermia may be able to prevent or lessen asphyxial brain injury is a "dream revisited". In this review, a historical perspective is provided from the first reported use of therapeutic hyp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gunn AJ,Laptook AR,Robertson NJ,Barks JD,Thoresen M,Wassink G,Bennet L

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00