Body composition at birth and height at 2 years: a prospective cohort study among children in Jimma, Ethiopia.

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...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cabral DA,Loh BA,Speert DP

更新日期：1987-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a rare genetic autoinflammatory disease caused by blocking of the enzyme mevalonate kinase in the pathway of cholesterol and isoprenoids. The pathogenic mechanism originating an immune response in MKD patients has not been clearly understood. METHODS:We investigated the...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Marcuzzi A,Zanin V,Kleiner G,Monasta L,Crovella S

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-four samples of breast milk from nine mothers of infants suffering from breast milk jaundice were studied. Eight samples of milk from mothers of nonjaundiced infants, along with five formula milks enriched with polyunsaturated fatty acids, served as controls. Milks from mothers with jaundiced infants had no inh...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Foliot A,Ploussard JP,Housset E,Christoforov

更新日期：1976-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The carbohydrate-deficient glycoprotein syndromes are a recently individualized group of genetic multisystemic disorders. A predominant feature is a severe involvement of the central and peripheral nervous system resulting in psychomotor retardation, seizures, ataxia, and, mostly after infancy, stroke-like episodes. T...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Van Geet C,Jaeken J

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is the third most common congenital disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to elucidate changes in protein expression between the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human HSCR. METHODS:The biopsies were obtained from the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human HSC...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhang SC,Chen F,Jiang KL,Yuan ZW,Wang WL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypothalamic growth hormone releasing hormone (GHRH) stimulates pituitary growth hormone secretion, which is essential for normal postnatal growth. Reports of an immunoreactive and biologically active GHRH-like peptide in placenta led us to investigate placental expression of GHRH mRNA. Placentas from d 19 gestation f...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pescovitz OH,Johnson NB,Berry SA

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A model of patent ductus arteriosus in premature lambs was created to examine the lamb's ability to handle the volume load imposed by a patent ductus arteriosus and to determine the lamb's ability to handle any additional volume load. Fifteen preterm lambs [133 +/- 2 (+/- SD) days gestation, term 145 days], whose duct...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Clyman RI,Roman C,Heymann MA,Mauray F

更新日期：1987-11-01 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：:Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) may represent a mode of allergy prevention. Cord blood (CB) CD34+ hemopoietic progenitors are altered in infants at risk of atopy. We therefore studied the effects of dietary n-3 PUFA supplementation during pregnancy on numbers and function of progenitors in neonates at h...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Denburg JA,Hatfield HM,Cyr MM,Hayes L,Holt PG,Sehmi R,Dunstan JA,Prescott SL

更新日期：2005-02-01 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：:Deficiency of the lipoprotein complex, surfactant, can lead to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in the prematurely born infant. The surfactant proteins (SP) play important roles in the function of surfactant. Previously, we have characterized four allelic variants of the SP-A1 gene (6A, 6A2, 6A3, and 6A4) and five ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kala P,Ten Have T,Nielsen H,Dunn M,Floros J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied absorption of the potentially allergenic protein beta-lactoglobulin during acute rotavirus diarrhea in infants and assessed the relationship of this macromolecular absorption with intestinal sugar permeability. After oral rehydration, 38 patients with acute gastroenteritis were given orally a 100-ml solutio...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Jalonen T,Isolauri E,Heyman M,Crain-Denoyelle AM,Sillanaukee P,Koivula T

更新日期：1991-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the patterns of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) specific maternal antibodies in maternal serum, cord blood, and milk, which might play a role in prevention of H. pylori infection because transferred to the infant. Between November 2000 and November 2001, mothers were recruited after delivery of their offsp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Weyermann M,Borowski C,Bode G,Gürbüz B,Adler G,Brenner H,Rothenbacher D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:Dietary fish oil (FO) was reported to lower fecal fat excretion in a weanling rat model of short bowel syndrome (SBS) after ileocecal resection (ICR), and to induce changes in secretion and synthesis of bile acid (BA) in adults. We hypothesized that dietary FO, as compared with corn oil (CO), increases int...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yang Q,Lan T,Chen Y,Dawson PA

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To determine whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) or EGF-like transforming growth factors (TGFs) are present in ovine fetal tissues, we have tested acid-ethanol extracts of ovine fetal kidney for the ability to induce anchorage-independent growth of normal rat kidney fibroblasts in soft agar and to compete with 125I-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Freemark M,Comer M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superoxide anion generation during severe asphyxia and reventilation was assessed in newborn pigs. Using closed cranial windows over the parietal cortices, superoxide dismutase (SOD)-inhibitable nitroblue tetrazolium (NBT) reduction was determined during asphyxia/reventilation. Asphyxia was induced by turning off the ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pourcyrous M,Leffler CW,Mirro R,Busija DW

更新日期：1990-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-leucyl-L-phenylalanine (FMLP) and N-formyl-L-methionyl-L-phenylalanine (FMP) were used to investigate neutrophil (PMN) aggregation. Neutrophils were isolated from healthy adult volunteers and term newborn cord blood. Neutrophil aggregation was measured after the addition of FMLP and FMP. Adult P...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Olson TA,Ruymann FB,Cook BA,Burgess DP,Henson SA,Thomas PJ

更新日期：1983-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The diagnosis of transient renal tubular acidosis was made in a 16 months old boy. Bicarbonate titration studies revealed that the acidification defect consisted of an association of proximal and distal tubular acidosis. The effect of experimentally induced potassium depletion revealed that hyperkalemia contributed to...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Donckerwolcke RA,Valk C,van Wijngaarden-Penterman MJ,van Stekelenburg GJ

更新日期：1979-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal respiratory and electrocortical effects of thyrotropin-releasing hormone (TRH) administered into the lateral cerebral ventricles, have been investigated in chronically catheterized unanesthetized fetal sheep at 125-140 days of gestation. Stimulatory effects on fetal breathing movements were seen at doses as ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bennet L,Gluckman PD,Johnston BM

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is multifactorial and may result from the interaction of a number of environmental, genetic, and developmental factors. We studied three major genes causing long QT syndrome in 42 Japanese SIDS victims and found five mutations, KCNQ1-K598R, KCNH2-T895M, SCN5A-F532C, SCN5A-G1084S, an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Otagiri T,Kijima K,Osawa M,Ishii K,Makita N,Matoba R,Umetsu K,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Three members of a Virginia family with a bleeding disorder were found to have a serum defect in thromboplastin generation similar to the previously reported "Car. factor" deficiency. Sera from three members of the original Car. family did not correct the defect of affected members of the Virginia family. Partial thro...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Komp DM

更新日期：1975-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF) and transforming growth factor-alpha (TGF-alpha) are mitogenic to the intestinal epithelium. To further clarify their role in the developing human fetal gut, their expression was studied in fetuses at 15 to 20 wk of gestation. TGF-alpha mRNA was present throughout the gastrointestinal tra...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Miettinen PJ

更新日期：1993-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal mortality and morbidity are increasingly recognized as important globally, but detailed estimates of neonatal morbidity from conditions and long-term consequences are yet to be published. METHODS:We describe the general methods for systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and modeling used in this supple...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Blencowe H,Vos T,Lee AC,Philips R,Lozano R,Alvarado MR,Cousens S,Lawn JE

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Compliant immature airways sustain significant deformation following positive pressure ventilation. To evaluate the structural changes induced by in vivo positive pressure ventilation, tracheae of preterm lambs (107-116 d gestational age) were studied histologically. Nonventilated (group I: n = 7) and ventilated (grou...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Deoras KS,Wolfson MR,Bhutani VK,Shaffer TH

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To localize fetal rabbit lung beta-adrenoreceptors before and after glucocorticoid treatment, light microscopic autoradiography was performed with the reversible radiolabeled beta-adrenergic antagonist, [3H]dihydroalprenolol, on day 26 of gestation. Autoradiograms of adult lung and fetal myocardium were also prepared....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Barnes P,Jacobs M,Roberts JM

更新日期：1984-11-01 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：: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：:Hydrocephalus may result in loss of tissue associated with neuronal degeneration, axonal damage, and reactive gliosis. The soluble form of the anti-apoptotic regulator Fas (sFas) and the pro-apoptotic factors soluble FasL (sFasL) and activated caspase 3 were studied in the cerebrospinal fluid of infants with hydroceph...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Felderhoff-Mueser U,Buhrer C,Groneck P,Obladen M,Bartmann P,Heep A

更新日期：2003-11-01 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：:Fetal dermal wounds heal scarlessly and with a minimal inflammatory response. When a robust inflammatory response is induced at the site of fetal dermal wounds by the application of cytokines, healing results in fibrosis. To test the hypothesis that the reduced inflammatory response in fetal wounds is due to impaired ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Olutoye OO,Zhu X,Cass DL,Smith CW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00