D3-creatine dilution for the noninvasive measurement of skeletal muscle mass in premature infants.

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of young childhood predominantly affecting the coronary arteries. IgA plasma cells have been found to infiltrate vascular and nonvascular tissues in fatal acute KD. To determine whether IgA B-lymphocytes were increased in the peripheral blood of patients with KD, we perform...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shingadia D,O'Gorman M,Rowley AH,Shulman ST

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Current tools to predict the severity of respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection might be improved by including immunological parameters. We hypothesized that a combination of inflammatory markers would differentiate between severe and mild disease in RSV-infected children. METHODS:Blood and nasopharyng...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Brand HK,Ferwerda G,Preijers F,de Groot R,Neeleman C,Staal FJ,Warris A,Hermans PW

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several epithelial ion transporters are developmentally regulated in the preweaning period, at the time when the circulating levels of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid hormones increase. The specific role of glucocorticoids and mineralocorticoids in the maturation of epithelial ion transport is still disputed. In ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wang ZM,Yasui M,Celsi G

更新日期：1995-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Irreversible congenital heart block (CHB) and the transient rash of neonatal lupus are strongly associated with maternal antibodies to SSA/Ro and SSB/La proteins; however, the precise mechanism by which these antibodies mediate organ-specific injury is not yet defined. Culturing of keratinocytes has provided critical ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tseng CE,Miranda E,Di Donato F,Boutjdir M,Rashbaum W,Chan EK,Buyon JP

更新日期：1999-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the pre- and postnatal developmental regulation of the hepatic type I IGF receptor in the rat. Fetal rat liver membranes bound IGF-I throughout the latter part of gestation (d 17 to 21). After birth, binding diminished rapidly, reaching barely detectable levels by the 13th postnatal d. However, the presence...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gruppuso PA,Walker TD,Carter PA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune and lectin histochemical and microchemical methods were employed to study growth cartilage from seven cases of achondrogenesis type II (Langer-Saldino). The normal architecture of the epiphyseal and growth plate cartilage was replaced by a morphologically heterogeneous tissue. Some areas were comprised of vascu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Horton WA,Machado MA,Chou JW,Campbell D

更新日期：1987-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Time-corrected measurements of transplacental and transamniotic electrical potentials were made in potassium-deficient rats on the 20th day of gestation. These averaged 6.4 mV and 2.0 mV, respectively, in the deficient group as compared with 14.3 and 18.4, respectively, in the controls. The measured maternal potassium...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fantel AG

更新日期：1978-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is customary to estimate the uteroplacental function in singletons by defining appropriateness of birth weight by gestational age. Such a measure, however, is not available for the entire multiple pregnancy set. We evaluate a new index, total triplet birth weight, expressed as multiples of the median (MOM) birth we...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Blickstein I,Salihu HM,Keith LG,Alexander GR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alterations in the pancreatic secretion of fluid and of enzymes in response to either pilocarpine (15 mg/kg) or an octapeptide of cholecystokinin (0.1 microgram/kg) have been found in rats that received daily injections of reserpine (0.5 mg/kg) for 7 days. During a 3-hr secretory period, significant reductions in the ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： McCurdy RE,Martinez R

更新日期：1981-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although obstructive nephropathy is a frequent cause of renal insufficiency in infancy, factors influencing adaptation to chronic partial ureteral obstruction (CPUO) are poorly understood. Guinea pigs were subjected to unilateral CPUO within the first 2 days of life (Group I) and microsphere studies were performed at ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chevalier RL,Kaiser DL

更新日期：1984-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to assess differences in sound spectra of crying of term newborns in relation to different pain levels. Fifty-seven consecutively born neonates were evaluated during heel-prick performed with different analgesic techniques. Crying was recorded and frequency spectrograms analyzed. A pain s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bellieni CV,Sisto R,Cordelli DM,Buonocore G

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The lipid profile, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and lipoproteins (beta-, pre-beta-, and alpha-) of cord blood, is presented for 419 black and white infants (94% of the eligible population) born during an 18-month period in Bogalusa, Louisiana. At birth, white neonates of both sexes had higher average levels than ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Frerichs RR,Srinivasan SR,Webber LS,Rieth MC,Berenson GS

更新日期：1978-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig gallbladder smooth muscle contractility undergoes a period of postnatal maturation. Because tissues from adult animals contract more forcefully than tissues from newborn animals when stimulated with agonists that activate the contractile process through different mechanisms (receptor activation, membrane de...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lambert R,Ryan JP

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interrelationship of 2,3-diphosphoglycerate (2,3-DPG) and P50 levels during the fetal and postnatal life were determined in two mammalian species which do not have a switchover of hemoglobin type at the end of their fetal development. In the guinea pig and rabbit, the 2,3-DPG levels remain low during fetal life an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bard H,Shapiro M

更新日期：1979-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined whether closing the ductus arteriosus of the fetal lamb several d before birth would cause persistent pulmonary hypertension after birth. Six experimental fetuses who had their ductus arteriosus ligated 3-17 d before delivery, three control fetuses who had sham ligation of the ductus arteriosus 14 d befo...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Morin FC 3rd

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sodium deficiency is associated with decreased muscle growth and protein synthesis. We investigated the influence of diet-induced sodium deficiency on the rate and extent of compensatory growth of the right lung after left pneumonectomy in young rats of 83 +/- 1 g body weight. Starting 1 wk before surgery, all rats we...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gallaher KJ,Wolpert E,Wassner S,Rannels DE

更新日期：1990-11-01 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：:The copper concentrations in organs of developing Long-Evans Cinnamon (LEC) rats (2 d to 13 mo) were measured to elucidate the pathogenesis of their hereditary hepatitis. Hepatic copper contents of LEC rats were significantly higher than those of control rats (26 to 92 times higher). The subcellular distribution of he...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Okayasu T,Tochimaru H,Hyuga T,Takahashi T,Takekoshi Y,Li Y,Togashi Y,Takeichi N,Kasai N,Arashima S

更新日期：1992-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To date, many mutations, including intronic nucleotide changes, in the SLC12A3 gene encoding the thiazide-sensitive sodium-chloride cotransporter (NCCT) have been reported in Gitelman's syndrome (GS) patients. However, it has not been clarified whether intronic nucleotide changes affect mRNA content. Since mRNA analys...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kaito H,Nozu K,Fu XJ,Kamioka I,Fujita T,Kanda K,Krol RP,Suminaga R,Ishida A,Iijima K,Matsuo M

更新日期：2007-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In spontaneously breathing newborn lambs, alveolar hypoxia increases lung microvascular pressure, which causes lung lymph flow to increase and the concentration of protein in lymph to decrease. To see if this response derives from hypoxia itself rather than from the change in breathing pattern that occurs during hypox...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hansen TN,Haberkern CM,Hazinski TA,Bland RD

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gaucher disease, the most common of the sphingolipidoses, results from the inherited deficiency of the enzyme glucocerebrosidase (EC 3.2.1.45). Although type 2 (acute neuronopathic) Gaucher disease is associated with rapidly progressive and fatal neurologic deterioration, the pathophysiologic mechanisms leading to the...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Orvisky E,Sidransky E,McKinney CE,Lamarca ME,Samimi R,Krasnewich D,Martin BM,Ginns EI

更新日期：2000-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Genome-wide association studies have identified rs314276, rs314263, rs7759938, and rs314280 in or near the LIN28B gene as associated with age at menarche. To date, the effect of polymorphisms in this gene on idiopathic central precocious puberty (ICPP) in Chinese girls have not been reported. The aim of this...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hu Z,Chen R,Cai C

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ethylmalonic aciduria is a common biochemical finding in patients with inborn errors of short chain fatty acid beta-oxidation. The urinary excretion of ethylmalonic acid (EMA) may stem from decreased oxidation by short chain acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (SCAD) of butyryl-CoA, which is alternatively metabolized by propionyl-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Corydon MJ,Gregersen N,Lehnert W,Ribes A,Rinaldo P,Kmoch S,Christensen E,Kristensen TJ,Andresen BS,Bross P,Winter V,Martinez G,Neve S,Jensen TG,Bolund L,Kølvraa S

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Carlo Agostoni, MD, and Kwang Sik Kim, MD, are the Guest Editors for this annual review issue on Nutrition and the Microbiome. Dr Agostoni is a Professor of Pediatrics at the Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milan, within the Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Agostoni C,Kim KS

更新日期：2015-01-01 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：:In this study, we have investigated the possible role of the pro-aggregatory arachidonic acid (AA) metabolite thromboxane, in the impaired function of neonatal platelets. In platelet-rich plasma thromboxane production (measured by radioimmunoassay of thromboxane B2) was not different between neonates and adults when s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Stuart MJ,Dusse J,Clark DA,Walenga RW

更新日期：1984-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth hormone-releasing hexapeptide (GHRP-6) specifically stimulates growth hormone (GH) secretion in several animal species and humans. The mechanism of action of GHRP-6 is largely unknown, although experimental evidence indicates that it may modulate growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatostatin acti...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Locatelli V,Grilli R,Torsello A,Cella SG,Wehrenberg WB,Müller EE

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A son of related Turkish parents had grossly elevated serum tyrosine concentration and excreted tyrosine and p-hydroxyphenolic acids into the urine, whereas neither succinylacetone nor succinylacetoacetate could be demonstrated. The tyrosine concentration was normalized by a proper diet. This was not followed strictly...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Andersson S,Nemeth A,Ohisalo J,Strandvik B

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was twofold: (1) to identify and characterize the enzymatic ATP hydrolysis system of epithelial cilia, and (2) to develop a quantitative, biochemical test for the ciliotoxic cystic fibrosis (CF) factor based on inhibition of ATP utilization by ciliary preparations. Our rationale for s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Farrell PM,Fox GN,Spicer SS

更新日期：1976-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of increased red blood cell aggregation on uteroplacental blood flow was studied in 11 awake, late-pregnant guinea pigs. The aggregation of the red cells was increased by administering high molecular weight dextran (HMWD) to the previously hemoconcentrated animal. The purpose of the hemoconcentration before...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Verkeste CM,Boekkooi PF,Saxena PR,Peeters LL

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00