Abstract:
:Mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an important respiratory pathogen in patients with cystic fibrosis, and once acquired is virtually impossible to eradicate. Although mucoid P. aeruginosa is generally believed to be resistant to phagocytosis, the mechanism is not understood fully. We studied the nonopsonic phagocytosis by human neutrophils or macrophages of eight mucoid/nonmucoid P. aeruginosa pairs (three isogenic and five "wild-type"). Mucoid strains were relatively resistant to nonopsonic phagocytosis but the nonmucoid types were phagocytosis-susceptible as assessed by visual inspection and chemiluminescence assays. The mucoid and nonmucoid variants had equal numbers of pili but different surface characteristics as determined by biphasic partitioning in polyethylene glycol and dextran. The mucoid exopolysaccharide of mucoid strains appears to alter the surface characteristics of P. aeruginosa thereby rendering them resistant to nonopsonic phagocytosis. The resistance of mucoid variants of P. aeruginosa to nonopsonic phagocytosis may provide a survival advantage to these bacteria early in the course of pulmonary infection before opsonic antibody and complement are present in respiratory secretions.
journal_name
Pediatr Resjournal_title
Pediatric researchauthors
Cabral DA,Loh BA,Speert DPdoi
10.1203/00006450-198710000-00013subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1987-10-01 00:00:00pages
429-31issue
4eissn
0031-3998issn
1530-0447journal_volume
22pub_type
杂志文章abstract::The fibroblast of the fetal and neonatal lung is intimately involved with lung development and function. Additionally, the perinatal rat lung fibroblast is a significant source of prostaglandins (PG) I2 and E2, which in turn affect lung development and function. Their effects may be mediated by cAMP. We, therefore, te...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199204000-00008
更新日期:1992-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a recognized risk factor for neurologic deficits later in life. Abnormal fetal blood flow in the presence of fetal growth retardation helps to distinguish true fetal growth impairment from small but normally grown infants. The present study aimed to investigate the influence o...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000129660.32875.09
更新日期:2004-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Uteroplacental insufficiency and subsequent intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) increase the risk of insulin resistance in humans and rats. Aberrant skeletal muscle lipid metabolism contributes to the pathogenesis of insulin resistance. Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma co-activator-1 (PGC-1) is a tr...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000064583.40495.51
更新日期:2003-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Intrauterine ligation of the common bile duct was carried out in ten fetal lambs at approximately 80 days gestational age. Six of the fetal lambs survived until term and were sacrificed at varying periods until the 36th day of life. The lesion which developed resembled a "correctable" type of extrahepatic biliary atre...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198005000-00007
更新日期:1980-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cell-based therapies hold significant promise for infants at risk for cerebral palsy (CP) from perinatal brain injury (PBI). PBI leading to CP results from multifaceted damage to neural cells. Complex developing neural networks are injured by neural cell damage plus unique perturbations in cell signaling. Given that c...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/pr.2017.233
更新日期:2018-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Following our clinical observation of tonic responses in response to the knee jerk in infants at very high risk for cerebral palsy (VHR infants), we systematically studied tonic responses, clonus, and reflex irradiation. We questioned (i) whether these responses occurred more often in VHR infants than in typ...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/pr.2016.99
更新日期:2016-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) is a devastating intestinal disease of premature infants. Maternal milk has been suggested to be partially protective against NEC; however, the mechanisms of this protection are not defined. The aim of this study was to examine the effect(s) of artificial feeding of rat milk (RM)-versus...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000050657.56817.E0
更新日期:2003-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Recent studies suggest that infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) and congenital heart defects (CHDs) may share some genetic risk factors, but little is known about the co-occurrence of the two conditions in patients. METHODS:Our study cohort included 2,212,756 persons born in Denmark 1977-2013. We...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41390-019-0369-9
更新日期:2019-06-01 00:00:00
abstract::Angiotensin II-forming chymase is expressed in the pulmonary arteries of the monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats, but its actual role is unclear. We studied chymase-dependent angiotensin II formation in the pulmonary arteries of the monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats and observed the effec...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.pdr.0000219431.45075.d9
更新日期:2006-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We report energy intake and selected nutrient intakes-protein, fat (total, saturated, and polyunsaturated), carbohydrate (total, starch, and sucrose), and cholesterol-for 1251 white children ages 6-19 years. The data were obtained, by means of a 24-h dietary recall, from children who were randomly selected from the No...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198302000-00009
更新日期:1983-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) remains among the most common and devastating diseases in neonates. Despite advances in neonatal clinical care, specific treatment strategies and diagnostic modalities remain lacking. As a result, morbidity and mortality remain high. Improved understanding of the pathogenesis of NEC has...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/s41390-020-1077-1
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Although the pathogenesis of necrotizing enterocolitis remains uncertain, ischemia appears to be an important contributing factor to the development of this disorder. Reperfusion plays a major role in ischemia-related injury, and oxygen free radicals produced during reperfusion most likely contribute to the injury. Th...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199708000-00009
更新日期:1997-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chitosan is a natural, cationic polysaccharide derived from fully or partially deacetylated chitin. Chitosan is capable of inducing large phospholipid aggregates, closely resembling the function of nonionic polymers tested previously as additives to therapeutic lung surfactants. The effects of chitosan on improving th...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.pdr.0000227558.14024.57
更新日期:2006-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::This review article examines the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) overall budget and its pediatric research funding across three time periods: predoubling [fiscal year (FY) 1992-1997]; doubling (FY 1998-2003); and postdoubling (FY 2004-2009). The average annual NIH appropriations increased by 5.4%, 13.4%, and 1.3...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e31818912fd
更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Plasma, amniotic fluid, and tissue concentrations of IGF-I were examined in nutritionally deprived, growth-retarded fetal rats to determine whether IGF-I concentration serves as a marker for nutritional status. Growth retardation was induced by 72 h of maternal fasting. Twenty-three control and 17 growth-retarded fetu...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199108000-00006
更新日期:1991-08-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.PDR.0000112100.61253.85
更新日期:2004-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::It seems quite likely that the normal process of fetal lung biochemical maturation is delayed by maternal diabetes and that abnormalities in the pulmonary surfactant system are involved. The appearance of PG in amniotic fluid and possibly in fetal lung is impaired or at least delayed. The same is possibly true for DSP...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1203/00006450-198503000-00001
更新日期:1985-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) have traditionally been defined according to their immunologic phenotype. Far from being concluded, the search for human genes that, when mutated, cause PID is actively being pursued. During the last year, four novel genetic defects that cause severe combined immunodeficiency and seve...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e31819dbe1e
更新日期:2009-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::To examine the levels and relationship of blood pressure and insulin during puberty, blood pressure and serum insulin were measured in 3596 subjects, aged 3-18 y, whose pubertal status was graded according to the Tanner classification. The same study protocol was repeated in two follow-up surveys 3 and 6 y later for 2...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1203/00006450-199702000-00019
更新日期:1997-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::A study using fractional clearances during orally induced water diuresis was designed to delineate the mechanism underlying defective tubular reabsorption of sodium in very low-birth-weight neonates. The use of clearance methodology during maximal water diuresis may give an indirect estimate of distal sodium delivery ...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198312000-00017
更新日期:1983-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cancer stem cells (CSC) are recently proposed to be the cancer initiating cells responsible for tumorigenesis and contribute to cancer resistance. Advances have been made in identifying and enriching CSC in leukemia and several solid tumors, including breast, brain and lung cancers. These studies suggest that, like no...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1203/01.pdr.0000203592.04530.06
更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The use of tissue engineering to develop new urinary bladder could have direct impact on children suffering from congenital bladder dysfunction. Current bladder tissue engineering protocols rely on scaffolds to support the ingrowth of new cells and the subsequent development of new tissues. The interaction between cel...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181d35034
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Soft bedding has been shown in epidemiologic studies to increase the risk for sudden, unexpected death in prone-sleeping infants. We compared the physical properties of conventional bedding to bedding from two sources: 1) bedding that covered the airways of victims of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) lying prone an...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199407001-00002
更新日期:1994-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Girls with Turner syndrome (TS) are treated with supraphysiological doses of growth hormone (GH) to improve final height; however in some girls, the growth response can be poor. This may reflect aberrations in GH and/or IGF-I actions at the cellular level, and thus this study compared the response of skin fibroblasts ...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e31821b570b
更新日期:2011-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have previously shown that generation of superoxide anion occurs in cerebral cortex during asphyxia/reventilation in newborn pigs and that a high dose of indomethacin (5 mg/kg i.v.) abolishes superoxide anion production. The purposes of this study were 1) to determine whether the generation of superoxide anion occu...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199309000-00025
更新日期:1993-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Neonatal seizures can result in chronic epilepsy and long-term behavioral and cognitive deficits. Levetiracetam (LEV), an antiepileptic drug that binds to the synaptic vesicle protein 2A (SV2A), has been increasingly used off-label for the therapy of neonatal seizures. Preclinical data regarding the acute or...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/pr.2012.151
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::There is significant uncertainty over the role of assessment of long-term neurodevelopmental outcome (LTO) in neonatal clinical trials. A multidisciplinary working group was established to identify key issues in this area and to make recommendations about optimal approaches to evaluate LTO in therapeutic trials in new...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1038/s41390-019-0526-1
更新日期:2019-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Biliary atresia (BA) is an infantile disorder characterized by progressive sclerosing cholangiopathy leading to biliary obstruction. First-line treatment of BA is hepatoportoenterostomy, the prognosis of which is related to age at surgery and to histological variables such as extent of fibrosis and ductular ...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/pr.2013.177
更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
abstract::We evaluated the effectiveness of administration of high-dose busulfan (BU), an alkylating agent with substantial myeloablative but negligible immunosuppressive properties, on the engraftment of congenic normal bone marrow and spleen cells (hematopoietic cell transplantation; HCT) in murine galactosylceramidase defici...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199103000-00016
更新日期:1991-03-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198306000-00007
更新日期:1983-06-01 00:00:00