Developmental toxicity of flucytosine following administration to pregnant rats at a specific time point of organogenesis.

abstract：:Choroid plexus, a fetal organ developing approximately from the sixth week of gestation, plays a fundamental role in developing fetal brain organization. As relatively little is known about the relationship between anomalies of choroid plexuses structure and their role in brain function, we examined cases of bifid cho...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Centini G,Imperatore A,Morelli M,Rosignoli L,Passamonti U,Caprioli F,Lituania M

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Familial cases of isolated abdominal wall defects with variable expressivity in more than one generation have rarely been observed. We report four affected individuals within a small three-generation family with either variable non-syndromic abdominal wall defects or external genital anomalies. We discuss the possible...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Wonkam A,Extermann P,Birraux J,Fokstuen S

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Certain studies previously pointed out that treating pregnant women with antidepressants may increase risks of congenital anomalies in their children. However, to date, the study results are not conclusive. Furthermore, most studies have been performed using data from Western countries; therefore, we examined this ass...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Yamamoto-Sasaki M,Yoshida S,Takeuchi M,Tanaka-Mizuno S,Kawakami K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent development of biomedical engineering as well as basic biology and medicine has enabled us to induce cell-based regeneration of body tissue to self-repair defective tissue or substitute biological functions of damaged organs. For successful tissue regeneration, it is indispensable to give cells an environment s...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Tabata Y

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monitoring in Ishikawa Prefecture (mean population; 1,150,000), during the 20-year period from 1981 to 2000, involved monitoring the prevalence of congenital anomalies starting at gestational week 22. The main objectives of the present study were (1) to investigate the trend over the past 20 years in the prevalence of...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Seto T,Nakagawa H,Morikawa Y,Nishijo M,Miura K,Kadoshima Y

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracolumbar supernumerary ribs (TSRs) are classified as less severe skeletal anomalies in rat developmental toxicity studies, although their incidence is relatively high in rodent studies. To investigate the characteristics of the critical window for chemically-induced TSR, in this study, rats were administered 5-fl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kuwagata M,Senuma M,Todoroki M,Kumagai F,Kumamoto T,Ogawa T

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We determined the overall prevalence of typical orofacial clefts and the potential risks for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate in a university hospital from West México. For the prevalence, 227 liveborn infants with typical orofacial clefts were included from a total of 81,193 births occurred during ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Corona-Rivera JR,Bobadilla-Morales L,Corona-Rivera A,Peña-Padilla C,Olvera-Molina S,Orozco-Martín MA,García-Cruz D,Ríos-Flores IM,Gómez-Rodríguez BG,Rivas-Soto G,Pérez-Molina JJ

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The human genome harbors approximately 2000 genes that encode microRNAs (miRNAs), small non-coding RNAs of approximately 20-22 nt that mediate post-transcriptional gene silencing. MiRNAs are generated from long transcripts through stepwise processing by the Drosha/DGCR8, Exportin-5/RanGTP and Dicer/TRBP complexes. Giv...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kawahara Y

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Embryonic stem (ES) cells or induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells are expected as a surrogate cell source for regenerative medicine. Many researchers have reported the differentiation method of insulin-expressing pancreatic β cells from ES or iPS cells. However, the detailed molecular mechanisms underlying the differe...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Higuchi Y,Shiraki N,Kume S

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Semaphorins and their receptors, neuropilins and plexins, were initially characterized as a modulator of axonal guidance during development, but are now recognized as a regulator of a wide range of developmental events including morphogenesis and angiogenesis, and activities of the immune system. Owing to the developm...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Masuda T,Taniguchi M

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the case of a boy with a de novo partial monosomy 16p13-pter and partial trisomy 16q22-qter detected by fluorescence in situ hybridization using subtelomeric probes for 16p and 16q. The boy had facial characteristics, skeletal features, congenital heart defects, an imperforate anus, urogenital malformations,...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Yamada K,Uchiyama A,Arai M,Kubodera K,Yamamoto Y,Orii KO,Nagasawa H,Masuno M,Kohno Y

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:ABSTRACT The heart is the first organ to form and function during development. In the pregastrula chick embryo, cells contributing to the heart are found in the postero-lateral epiblast. During the pregastrula stages, interaction between the posterior epiblast and hypoblast is required for the anterior lateral plate m...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sakabe M,Matsui H,Sakata H,Ando K,Yamagishi T,Nakajima Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For the last 25 years, it has been proven that the occurrence or recurrence of neural tube defects can be prevented with the administration of folic acid before and early pregnancy. At present, over 80 countries in the world, except Japan, have mandated the fortification of wheat flour and/or rice with folic acid, whi...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kondo A,Matsuo T,Morota N,Kondo AS,Okai I,Fukuda H

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal diabetes mellitus is associated with increased fetal teratogenesis, including cardiovascular defects. Non-specific maternal immune stimulation with Freund's complete adjuvant (FCA) or interferon gamma (IFNgamma) has been associated with protection against birth malformations. Using a diabetic mouse model, lat...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Claudio Gutierrez J,Prater MR,Hrubec TC,Smith BJ,Freeman LE,Holladay SD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome (WHS) is a subtelomeric deletion syndrome affecting the short arm of chromosome 4. The main clinical features are a typical craniofacial appearance, growth deficiency, developmental delays, and seizures. Previous genotype-phenotype correlation analyses showed some candidate regions for each cl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Yamamoto-Shimojima K,Kouwaki M,Kawashima Y,Itomi K,Momosaki K,Ozasa S,Okamoto N,Yokochi K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The "Kyoto Collection of Human Embryos" at Kyoto University was begun in 1961. Although morphological analyses of samples in the Kyoto Collection have been performed, these embryos have been considered difficult to genetically analyze because they have been preserved in formalin or Bouin's solution for 20-50 years. Ow...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Nagai M,Minegishi K,Komada M,Tsuchiya M,Kameda T,Yamada S

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An early second-trimester prenatal ultrasound diagnosis of an arthrogryposis multiplex congenita-like syndrome associated with median clefts is reported. A molecular biological work-up was performed to search for a potentially overlapping syndrome and dysostosis. Autopsy and postmortem radiogram were performed to conf...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Tonni G,Lituania M

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is known that neural tube defects are folic acid preventable congenital anomalies. We investigated to what extent this information was disseminated among laywomen and healthcare providers. Questionnaire studies were conducted twice, in 2002 and 2007, for four groups of laywomen and seven groups of healthcare provid...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kondo A,Yamamoto S,Inoue H,Watanabe J,Tada K,Yoshimoto N

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six pediatric cases including four infants with congenital polymicrogyria including the perisylvian region are presented herein. Their clinical features were analyzed and compared with patients suffering from congenital bilateral perisylvian syndrome (CBPS). Two specific abnormalities were diagnosed as accompanying di...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Takano T,Matsuwake K,Yoshioka S,Takeuchi Y

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study examined immunohistochemically the expression of an enzymatically active form of tyrosine hydroxylase (TH), phosphorylated TH at Ser40 (phospho-TH), in the cerebellum of ataxic mutant mice, rolling mouse Nagoya (RMN) and dilute-lethal (DL). TH immunostaining appeared in some Purkinje cells in RMN and DL, bu...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Sawada K,Ando M,Sakata-Haga H,Sun XZ,Jeong YG,Hisano S,Takeda N,Fukui Y

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 32-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman, with a previous uneventful pregnancy, underwent first trimester ultrasound screening for Down syndrome at 13 weeks according to the Fetal Medicine Foundation guidelines (http://www.fetalmedicine.com/pdf/11-14/english/FMF-English.pdf). The ultrasound showed increased nuchal transl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Tonni G,Azzoni D,Ambrosetti F,de Felice C,Ventura A

更新日期：2007-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Craniofrontonasal syndrome (CFNS) is characterized by craniosynostosis, hypertelorism, a broad nasal tip and occasionally cleft lip and palate, and is caused by a mutation in the ephrin-B1 gene (EFNB1). The study of naturally occurring human EFNB1 mutations offers a unique opportunity to better define the critical por...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Torii C,Izumi K,Nakajima H,Takahashi T,Kosaki K

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Molecular pathogenesis of human cerebral malformations is briefly reviewed from a neuropathologic viewpoint, with emphasis on holoprosencephaly and neuronal migration disorders. Immunopathologic approaches are useful in elucidating the essential pathomechanism of these anomalies. In alobar holoprosencephaly, for insta...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Mizuguchi M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many of the effects of dioxins, which are potent environmental pollutants and teratogens, are mediated through the aryl hydrocarbon receptor, also known as the dioxin receptor. The purpose of the present study was to characterize dioxin-responsive genes in a comprehensive manner using two complementary approaches: bio...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Fujita H,Samejima H,Kitagawa N,Mitsuhashi T,Washio T,Yonemoto J,Tomita M,Takahashi T,Kosaki K

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal ventriculomegaly development leads to neurological, motor, and/or cognitive impairment, and is presently diagnosed based on the width of the atrium in the lateral ventricle. But in this study, we have tried to assess the relationship between the development of calcarine sulcus and width of fetal lateral ventricl...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Li H,Liang H,Wu H

更新日期：2017-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of the study presented here was to check the debated human teratogenic potential of sulfonamide drugs. Five different sulfonamides such as sulfamethazine, sulfathiourea, sulfamethoxypyridazine, sulfamethoxydiazine and the combination of sulfamethazine-sulfathiourea-sulfamethoxypyridazine were differentia...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Czeizel AE,Puhó E,Sørensen HT,Olsen J

更新日期：2004-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Omphalocele-exstrophy of the bladder (cloaca)-imperforate anus-spinal defects (OEIS) complex describes a rare grouping of more commonly occurring component malformations. We report two cases of OEIS complex diagnosed prenatally by ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). In both cases, OEIS complex was suspect...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Goto S,Suzumori N,Obayashi S,Mizutani E,Hayashi Y,Sugiura-Ogasawara M

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the investigation was to describe the risk of selected types of birth defects among older siblings of infants and fetuses with specific birth defects. Using data from a population-based birth defects registry in Hawaii for deliveries during 1986-2000, the precurrence risk (risk among older siblings) for any...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Forrester MB,Merz RD

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a 5-year-old girl with features resembling Trichorhinophalangeal syndrome, type I (sparse scalp hair, bushy eyebrows, bulbous nose, long philtrum, cone-shaped epiphyses, clinobrachydactyly, epiphyseal changes in the femoral head and short stature), and appendicular exostoses similar to trichorhinophalangea...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Kikuchi N,Ogino T,Kashiwa H,Muragaki Y

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microdeletion of 2q31 involving the HOXD gene cluster is a rare syndrome. The deletion of the HOXD gene cluster is thought to result in skeletal anomalies in these patients. HOX genes encode highly conserved transcription factors that control cell fate and the regional identities along the primary body and limb axes. ...

journal_title：Congenital anomalies

authors： Okamoto N,Kimura S,Shimojima K,Yamamoto T

更新日期：2017-11-01 00:00:00