Rare GATA5 sequence variants identified in individuals with bicuspid aortic valve.

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：:Growth hormone (GH) regulates growth and development in the postnatal period but lacks somatotropic activity in the fetus. In contrast, the placental hormone placental lactogen (PL) stimulates amino acid transport, DNA synthesis, and somatomedin production in isolated fetal tissues, suggesting that PL may function as ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fowlkes J,Freemark M

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The isobutyryl-CoA dehydrogenase (IBD) enzyme is involved in the degradation of valine. IBD deficiency was first reported in 1998 and subsequent genetic investigations identified acyl-CoA dehydrogenase (ACAD) 8, now IBD, as the gene responsible for IBD deficiency. Only three individuals homozygous or compound heterozy...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pedersen CB,Bischoff C,Christensen E,Simonsen H,Lund AM,Young SP,Koeberl DD,Millington DS,Roe CR,Roe DS,Wanders RJ,Ruiter JP,Keppen LD,Stein Q,Knudsen I,Gregersen N,Andresen BS

更新日期：2006-09-01 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：:A new animal experimental model of human neuroblastoma is described. The model involves xenotransplantation of a poorly differentiated human neuroblastoma cell line (SH-SY5Y) to the subcutaneous tissue in the hind leg of nude rats (WAG mu/rnu). Injection of 20 million cells suspended in 0.2 mL of medium in each hind l...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wassberg E,Påhlman S,Westlin JE,Christofferson R

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twelve-h overnight urine and serum samples obtained simultaneously at 20-min intervals were assayed for growth hormone (GH). Ninety-one children, 5 to 16 y (Tanner stage 1 to 3) participated; group 1 were healthy children, group 2 were children with organic GH deficiency, and group 3 had idiopathic growth failure and ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Albini CH,Sotos J,Sherman B,Johanson A,Celniker A,Hopwood N,Quattrin T,Mills BJ,MacGillivray MH

更新日期：1991-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tanshinone IIA is a compound purified from the Chinese herb Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhiza Bge). The neuroprotective effect of tanshinone IIA was investigated in a neonatal rat model of hypoxia-ischemia brain damage. Hypoxia-ischemia encephalopathy was induced in rats at day 7 of postnatal age by ligation of the ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Xia WJ,Yang M,Fok TF,Li K,Chan WY,Ng PC,Ng HK,Chik KW,Wang CC,Gu GJ,Woo KS,Fung KP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the impaired secretion response of neonatal platelets. We compared the response of washed neonatal and adult platelets to thrombin and collagen, and to specific activators of calcium flux (inositol trisphosphate) and protein kinase C activation (oleoyl-acetyl glycerol). Neonatal platelets show no ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Israels SJ,Daniels M,McMillan EM

更新日期：1990-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Milk gangliosides inhibit Vibrio cholerae enterotoxin and Escherichia coli heat-labile enterotoxin. Human milk gangliosides showed considerably higher enterotoxin-inhibitory activity compared to bovine and formula milk gangliosides as measured in vitro by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and in vivo in rabbit small b...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Laegreid A,Otnaess AB,Fuglesang J

更新日期：1986-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was carried out to determine the influence and site of action of N omega-nitro-L-arginine methylester, an L-arginine analogue, on basal pulmonary vascular tone and hypoxic vasoconstriction in neonatal pig lungs. We studied isolated lungs from pigs, age 14.5 +/- 0.5 (SD) d and weight 3.6 +/- 0.7 kg, perfused...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nelin LD,Dawson CA

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The gastrointestinal (GI) barrier function is immature in the preterm neonate and might thus facilitate translocation of enteric bacteria and gut-derived septicemia. Circumstantial evidence suggests that bacterial uptake from the intestine may be further enhanced by an alteration of the host nutritional status. To tes...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Steinwender G,Schimpl G,Sixl B,Kerbler S,Ratschek M,Kilzer S,Hollwarth ME,Wenzl HH

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied healthy and saline lavaged rabbits during high frequency oscillatory ventilation to determine what combination of frequency (f), tidal volume (Vt), and mean airway pressure (Paw) produced the lowest peak-to-peak alveolar pressure amplitude (Palv) and physiologic blood gas tensions. Sinusoidal volume changes...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kamitsuka MD,Boynton BR,Villanueva D,Vreeland PN,Frantz ID 3rd

更新日期：1990-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To investigate whether the YAP/TAZ (Yes-associated protein/transcriptional coactivator with PDZ binding motif) pathway contributes to the pathogenesis of lymphatic malformations (LMs). METHODS:YAP, TAZ, CTGF (connective tissue growth factor), and Ki-67 were detected in LMs by immunohistochemistry. The coloc...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhong W,Jiang H,Zou Y,Ren J,Li Z,He K,Zhao J,Zhou X,Mou D,Cai Y

更新日期：2020-04-12 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis produces pulmonary arterial hypertension and hypoxemia that are preventable by pretreatment with the selective thromboxane A2 synthase inhibitor, dazmegrel. In the present experiment we administered dazmegrel (8 mg/kg) 2 h after the initiation of a 2 1/2 h infusion of 5 X 10...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Truog WE,Gibson RL,Juul SE,Henderson WR,Redding GJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 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：:Recent studies have shown 1,25(OH)2D3 receptor-mediated modulation of leukocyte proliferation, differentiation, and function. We examined the phagocytosis and killing of microorganisms by neutrophils and monocytes from five patients of three families with hereditary resistance to 1,25(OH)2D3. Phagocytosis of microorga...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Etzioni A,Hochberg Z,Pollak S,Meshulam T,Zakut V,Tzehoval E,Keisari Y,Aviram I,Spirer Z,Benderly A

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The possible role played by albumin in regulating brain metabolism during development has been studied. The effects of fatty acid-free BSA on lactate, glucose, 3-hydroxybutyrate, and glutamine oxidation and lipogenesis by rat neurons and astrocytes from primary culture were studied. The rate of lactate oxidation and l...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Vicario C,Tabernero A,Medina JM

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundTo investigate the association between electronic cigarette (e-cig) use and smoking cessation among smokers who called the Youth Quitline in Hong Kong.MethodsThis longitudinal study collected data on youth smokers' (N=189) use and perception of e-cigs, conventional cigarette smoking behavior, and sociodemogr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wang MP,Li WH,Wu Y,Lam TH,Chan SS

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endothelin (ET)-1 is a potent vasoconstrictor peptide that modulates basal pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in the normal ovine fetus and contributes to high PVR after chronic intrauterine pulmonary hypertension. Although high PVR is present in premature lambs with severe hyaline membrane disease (HMD), whether ET-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ivy DD,Parker TA,Kinsella JP,Abman SH

更新日期：1998-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To systematically evaluate short-term efficacy of UCM versus other interventions in preterm infants. METHODS:Six engines were searched until February 2020 for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) assessing UCM versus immediate cord clamping (ICC), delayed cord clamping (DCC), or no intervention. Primary outc...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Barboza JJ,Albitres-Flores L,Rivera-Meza M,Rodriguez-Huapaya J,Caballero-Alvarado J,Pasupuleti V,Hernandez AV

更新日期：2020-04-21 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：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

authors： Talos DM,Chang M,Kosaras B,Fitzgerald E,Murphy A,Folkerth RD,Jensen FE

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) is an upcoming clinical method for monitoring regional cerebral oxygen saturation (rScO2) in neonates. There is a growing market offering different devices and sensors. Even though this technique is increasingly clinically applied, little is known about the similarities and/...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dix LM,van Bel F,Baerts W,Lemmers PM

更新日期：2013-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newly identified forms of electron transfer flavoprotein (ETF) deficiency in two patients with glutaric aciduria type II (GA II) were described. GA II has been attributed to a defect of either ETF or ETF dehydrogenase, resulting in multiple acyl-CoA dehydrogenation deficiency. ETF is a mitochondrial flavoprotein consi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yamaguchi S,Orii T,Suzuki Y,Maeda K,Oshima M,Hashimoto T

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neutrophils contribute to ischemic brain injury in adult animals. The role of neutrophils in perinatal hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is unknown. Allopurinol reduces neutrophil accumulation after tissue ischemia and is protective against HI brain injury. This study was designed to investigate how neutrophils contr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hudome S,Palmer C,Roberts RL,Mauger D,Housman C,Towfighi J

更新日期：1997-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:This study aimed to assess cortical gray matter growth and maturation in neonates with congenital heart disease (CHD). METHODS:Thirty-one (near) term neonates with severe CHD (8 univentricular heart malformation (UVH), 21 d-transposition of great arteries (d-TGA) and 2 aortic coarctation) underwent cerebral...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Claessens NH,Moeskops P,Buchmann A,Latal B,Knirsch W,Scheer I,Išgum I,de Vries LS,Benders MJ,von Rhein M

更新日期：2016-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The rate of accrual of muscle mass in neonates has not been assessed. We describe the D3-creatine (D3Cr) dilution method, a noninvasive assessment of muscle mass in neonates. METHODS:A total of 76 neonates >26-week-old corrected gestational age were enrolled and measured at 2-week intervals while admitted t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Evans WJ,Scottoline B,Imam F,Hellerstein M,Garton K,Czerwieniec G,Nyangau E,Shankaran M

更新日期：2020-09-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectory classes are rarely linked to early puberty risk, particularly among Chinese children. We estimated early puberty risk across BMI trajectory classes, investigated factors contributing to pubertal development, and examined differences in final adult height between chi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fan HY,Lee YL,Hsieh RH,Yang C,Chen YC

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been previously studied as risking infection and inflammatory responses, few studies evaluate the relationship of preoperative high total immunoglobulin E (tIgE) to outcomes in pediatric patients predisposed to atopy undergoing cardiac surgery with CPB. METHODS:Seru...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li Y,Zhu L,Chen J,Singson MTG,Rui X,Li N,Zhou L,Liu J

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meconium aspiration syndrome is a serious condition of the newborn characterized by pulmonary inflammation with substantial neutrophil infiltration. We recently showed that meconium is a potent activator of complement. The aim of the present study was to investigate a possible role for complement in meconium-induced n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Castellheim A,Pharo A,Fung M,Saugstad OD,Mollnes TE

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00