Evaluation of recent research grant applications to the National Institutes of Health in the area of pediatric nephrology.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare catecholamine concentrations in the fetal umbilical artery cord blood from the offspring of smokers versus the offspring of nonsmokers. Pregnant women who were self-identified as smokers (>/=10 cigarettes per day throughout pregnancy) or nonsmokers were recruited for study particip...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Oncken CA,Henry KM,Campbell WA,Kuhn CM,Slotkin TA,Kranzler HR

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present study was performed to investigate simultaneously total lung water, T(1) and T(2) relaxation times, and hyaluronan (HA) in preterm and term rabbits. Attempts were also made to establish the relationship of HA to total lung water and to T(2)-derived motionally distinct water fractions. Experiments were perf...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sedin G,Bogner P,Berényi E,Repa I,Nyúl Z,Sulyok E

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To examine uridine diphosphate hexose (UDPhexose) content of cells that have more complete metabolic patterns than erythrocytes, which have been commonly used in the study of galactosemia, the concentrations of uridine diphosphate galactose (UDPgalactose) and uridine diphosphate glucose (UDPglucose) were determined in...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gibson JB,Reynolds RA,Palmieri MJ,States B,Berry GT,Segal S

更新日期：1994-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of alpha-adrenergic blockade by phentolamine on the pulmonary vascular response to dopamine was studied in chronically prepared newborn lambs. Dopamine was administered at doses of 2.7 micrograms . kg-1 . min-1, 27 micrograms . kg-1 . min-1 and 270 micrograms . kg-1 . min-1 with and without alpha-adrenergic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Williams BJ,Drummond WH

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal jaundice is a common condition that could potentially lead to severe neurotoxicity. In this electrophysiological study we observed the effects of a short-term bilirubin injection on evoked potentials (population spike, PS) and long-term potentiation (LTP) in the hippocampal CA3 region of Sprague Dawley rats i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhang L,Liu W,Tanswell AK,Luo X

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanisms of how glutamine benefits critically ill patients have not been established. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of dietary and endogenously produced glutamine on small intestinal morphology using light and transmission electron microscopy in artificially reared rat pups. It was hypot...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Potsic B,Holliday N,Lewis P,Samuelson D,DeMarco V,Neu J

更新日期：2002-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DGCR6 is the most centromeric gene in the human DiGeorge critical region and is the only gene in the region with a second functional copy on a repeat localized more distally on chromosome 22. We isolated the chicken ortholog of DGCR6 and showed an embryonic expression pattern that is initially broad but becomes gradua...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hierck BP,Molin DG,Boot MJ,Poelmann RE,Gittenberger-de Groot AC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In blood vessels with diameters less than 500 microns, both the hematocrit and viscosity decrease with decreasing tube diameter [Fåhraeus effect (FE) and Fåhraeus-Lindqvist effect (FLE)]. Because both effects may be influenced by red blood cell (RBC) volume and osmolality, the effects of RBC type and suspending medium...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： McKay CB,Linderkamp O,Meiselman HJ

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:IL-8/CXC ligand (CXCL) 8 is ingested in high concentrations by the human fetus/neonate with amniotic fluid and human milk, and is also produced constitutively by intestinal epithelial cells (IEC). We have shown that recombinant human IL-8/CXCL8 (rhIL-8/CXCL8) protects cultured IEC against tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Maheshwari A,Lacson A,Lu W,Fox SE,Barleycorn AA,Christensen RD,Calhoun DA

更新日期：2004-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The genetic basis of dysfunctional immune responses in necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains unknown. We hypothesized that variants in nucleotide binding and oligomerization domain (NOD)-like receptors (NLRs) and autophagy (ATG) genes modulate vulnerability to NEC. METHODS:We genotyped a multi-center coho...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sampath V,Bhandari V,Berger J,Merchant D,Zhang L,Ladd M,Menden H,Garland J,Ambalavanan N,Mulrooney N,Quasney M,Dagle J,Lavoie PM,Simpson P,Dahmer M

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study tested the hypothesis that the sexually dimorphic adrenocortical response to stress is already established before birth. Chronically instrumented late gestation pregnant sheep carrying 16 male and 15 female age-matched singleton fetuses were subjected to an acute episode of hypoxic stress. Maternal and feta...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Giussani DA,Fletcher AJ,Gardner DS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chaudhry AA,Castro-Magana M,Aloia JF,Yeh JK,Guevarra MS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate atrial myocardial blood flow in the fetus under conditions of acute right ventricular pressure load and adenosine infusion. Late gestation fetal sheep were instrumented for acute right ventricular pressure loading or adenosine infusion, and regional myocardial blood flow wa...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lohr JL,Reller MD,Morton MJ,Wu DE,Thornburg KL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The regionalization of pediatric services has resulted in differential access to care, sometimes creating barriers to those living in underserved, rural communities. These disparities in access contribute to inferior healthcare outcomes among infants and children. We review the medical literature on telemedicine and i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Marcin JP,Shaikh U,Steinhorn RH

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mechanism by which dexamethasone (DEX) inhibits neutrophil (PMN) recruitment to a site of inflammation, such as the newborn lung with bronchopulmonary dysplasia, is not completely understood. The aim of our study was to determine whether DEX inhibits neutrophil-induced neutrophil recruitment by inhibition of inter...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zentay Z,Sharaf M,Qadir M,Drafta D,Davidson D

更新日期：1999-10-01 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：:Intracellular levels of cysteine (CSH) and reduced glutathione (GSH) in the kidney and liver of rats from the newborn to the adult period have been determined using a sensitive high performance liquid chromatography method. In the kidney, the intracellular level of free CSH increased 4-fold from 1 to 4 nmol/mg protein...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： States B,Foreman JW,Segal S

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were designed to develop an animal model for the syndrome of hypochloremic, hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis (HMA), and failure to thrive in infants due to intake of chloride-deficient formula. Littermate canine puppies, 2 wk old, were fed soy formula containing normal chloride, 20 mEq/liter (NC, n = 5), or low...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Felder CC,Robillard JE,Roy S 3rd,Jose PA

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The transport of phosphate into jejunal brush border membrane vesicles isolated from 14- to 42-day-old rats was investigated using a rapid filtration technique. The presence of a sodium gradient enhanced phosphate uptake at all ages. Both sodium-dependent phosphate uptake and passive phosphate uptake declined with inc...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Borowitz SM,Ghishan FK

更新日期：1985-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that vitamin A (VA) and retinoic acid (RA) synergistically increase lung retinyl ester content in neonatal rats. To confirm whether this biochemical synergism attenuates early neonatal hyperoxic lung injury in mice, we exposed newborn C57BL/6 mice to 95% O2 or air from birth to 4 d. The agent [vehicle, V...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： James ML,Ross AC,Bulger A,Philips JB 3rd,Ambalavanan N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The activity of lysozyme in saliva and serum was determined in 51 patients with cystic fibrosis. Measurements were made on two occasions at least 1 month apart and compared to those of 25 normal healthy individuals of the same ages, sex, and race. The mean serum lysozyme activity of normal individuals was 5.8 microgra...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hughes WT,Koblin BA,Rosenstein BJ

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A dietary-related deficiency of docosahexaenoic acid [C22:6(n-3)] in infant cerebral cortex has been identified. Absence or very low rates of hepatic synthesis from the essential fatty acid precursor, alpha-linolenic acid [C18:3(n-3)], in early life may have been a contributory factor. We have analyzed liver total lip...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Farquharson J,Jamieson EC,Logan RW,Patrick WJ,Howatson AG,Cockburn F

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To delineate the role of growth hormone (GH) in the development and function of the immune system, immunological parameters including quantitative immunoglobulins, T and B lymphocytes, phytohemagglutinin lymphoproliferative response and delayed hypersensitivity skin tests were studied in nine GH-deficient children pri...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Abbassi V,Bellanti JA

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase (GCDH) deficiency is a rare inborn disorder of L-lysine, L-hydroxylysine, and L-tryptophan metabolism complicated by striatal damage during acute encephalopathic crises. Three decades after its description, the natural history and how to treat this disorder are still incompletely understood....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kölker S,Garbade SF,Greenberg CR,Leonard JV,Saudubray JM,Ribes A,Kalkanoglu HS,Lund AM,Merinero B,Wajner M,Troncoso M,Williams M,Walter JH,Campistol J,Martí-Herrero M,Caswill M,Burlina AB,Lagler F,Maier EM,Schwahn B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundHyperoxic lung injury is characterized by cellular damage from high oxygen concentrations that lead to an inflammatory response and it disrupts normal alveolarization in the developing newborn lung. Adenosine is a signaling molecule that is generated extracellularly by ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) in response...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li H,Karmouty-Quintana H,Chen NY,Mills T,Molina J,Blackburn MR,Davies J

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:(1) Examine associations of a branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolite pattern with metabolic risk across adolescence; (2) use Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) to identify novel metabolites of metabolic risk. METHODS:We used linear regression to examine associations of a BCAA score...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Perng W,Tang L,Song PXK,Tellez-Rojo MM,Cantoral A,Peterson KE

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recombinant human erythropoietin (rEpo) is neuroprotective in neonatal models of hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. However, the optimal rEpo dose, dosing interval, and number of doses for reducing brain injury are still undetermined. We compared the neuroprotective efficacy of several subcutaneous rEpo treatment regimens...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kellert BA,McPherson RJ,Juul SE

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological injury is the primary lethal mechanism of injury in children, and the primary etiology of long-term disability after trauma. Laboratories and clinical/translational teams have sought to develop stem/progenitor cell therapies to improve recovery in a clinical setting in which there is no significant repara...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cox CS Jr

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Stimulation of cutaneous thermoreceptors may be an important factor in the initiation of continuous breathing at birth. Maintenance of a patent airway is also important in the continuation of effective ventilation after birth, but whereas in the adult the principal pharyngeal dilator is the genioglossus muscle, in the...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Johnston BM,Gunn TR,Gluckman PD

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Taurine is an essential amino acid during fetal life and appears to be vital for the growth of the fetus and for the development of the CNS. In intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR), fetal plasma concentrations of taurine are reduced, and we tested the hypothesis that this is caused by altered placental transport of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Norberg S,Powell TL,Jansson T

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00