The effects of galanin on growth hormone secretion in children of normal and short stature.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Phytosterols in soybean oil (SO) lipids likely contribute to parenteral nutrition-associated liver disease (PNALD) in infants. No characterization of phytosterol metabolism has been done in infants receiving SO lipids. METHODS:In a prospective cohort study, 45 neonates (36 SO lipid vs. 9 control) underwent ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nghiem-Rao TH,Tunc I,Mavis AM,Cao Y,Polzin EM,Firary MF,Wang X,Simpson PM,Patel SB

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:No study has examined the association between prenatal phthalate exposure and intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). This study aimed to investigate whether prenatal exposure to phthalates was associated with increased risk of IUGR. METHODS:A total of 126 mother-newborn pairs, including 42 IUGR cases and 8...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhao Y,Chen L,Li LX,Xie CM,Li D,Shi HJ,Zhang YH

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Labeled choline incorporation into adult rat lung alveolar epithelial cells and adult rat lung fibroblasts in monolayer culture was determined after incubation with insulin (Ins) 10 micrograms/ml, Dexamethasone (Dex) 10(-6)M, or no drug (ND). Incubation periods were 1, 3, 4, and 5 hours. The lecithin (phosphatidyl cho...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sharp MJ,Borer RC Jr,Vadnay L,Douglas WH

更新日期：1980-07-01 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

authors： Kishi K,Jin D,Takai S,Muramatsu M,Katayama H,Tamai H,Miyazaki M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pathomechanisms involved in obstructive apneas remain obscure. Apnea arousal failure has been proposed as a cause for sudden death during sleep. The present study hypothesizes an interdependency between upper airway dilating submental muscle electromyogram (EMG) activity (EMGsub), diaphragmatic muscle activity (EMGdia...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wulbrand H,Von Zezschwitz G,Bentele KH

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of auditory brainstem response (ABR) for assessment of hearing in the neonate has not been without challenge. Although numerous articles have appeared, agreement regarding the utility of neonatal ABR testing does not exist. In review of the current studies and commentaries, a clear majority are favorable to ne...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cox LC

更新日期：1984-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Seven plasma protease inhibitors were analyzed in 8-yr-old children-75 PiZ (severely deficient), one PiZ-(with a null gene), 32 PiSZ (moderately deficient), and 35 normals. In PiZ and PiSZ alpha 1-antitrypsin-deficient children, significantly higher concentrations of alph 2-macroglobulin (p less than 0.001) and antith...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sveger T

更新日期：1985-08-01 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

authors： Guo W,Lasky JL 3rd,Wu H

更新日期：2006-04-01 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：:The effect of somatomedin and cortisol on embryonic chick cartilage in vitro indicates that somatomedin stimulates 35SO4 uptake while cortisol decreases it with no effect on glycosaminoglycan turnover. Xylosyltransferase activity is increased in crude fractions of somatomedin-treated cartilage but decreased in cortiso...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kilgore BS,McNatt ML,Meador S,Lee JA,Hughes ER,Elders MJ

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The length of the Y chromosome was measured in 42 black patients with trisomy 21 (47,XY,+21) and a similar number of normal individuals of American black ancestry. The length of the Y was expressed as a function of Y/F ratio and arbitrarily classified into five groups using subjectively defined criteria as follows: ve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Verma RS,Huq A,Madahar C,Qazi Q,Dosik H

更新日期：1982-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:A lack of consensus exists as to the timing of kidney biopsy in children with steroid-dependent nephrotic syndrome (SDNS) where minimal change disease (MCD) predominates. This study aimed at examining the applicability of a biomarker-assisted risk score model to select SDNS patients at high risk of focal seg...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chan CY,Resontoc LP,Qader MA,Chan YH,Liu ID,Lau PY,Than M,Yeo WS,Loh AH,Tan PH,Wei C,Reiser J,Biswas SK,Ng KH,Yap HK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacterial sepsis is a relatively common problem in the neonatal period, particularly among prematurely delivered infants. The newborn rat has been widely used as a model for sepsis neonatorum, and in that model incomplete development of the neutrophil system has been postulated to be an important factor predisposing n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Christensen RD,Rothstein G

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) point mutation T8993G has been associated with maternally inherited Leigh syndrome (MILS) when very abundant (> 95%). MILS patients are usually severely affected and die in early infancy. In 1993, a novel T8993C point mutation was described in a juvenile form of Leigh syndrome (LS) charac...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Santorelli FM,Mak SC,Vazquez-Memije ME,Shanske S,Kranz-Eble P,Jain KD,Bluestone DL,De Vivo DC,DiMauro S

更新日期：1996-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of erythrocyte entrapment as a strategy to deliver and protect exogenously administered enzymes for replacement therapy in selected genetic diseases has been evaluated in a mammalian model system. The uptake, tissue distribution, intracellular localization, and in vivo lifetime of erythrocyte-entrapped bovine ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Thorpe SR,Fiddler MB,Desnick RJ

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sex steroids accelerate bone maturation, but it is believed that estrogen action is needed for terminal epiphyseal fusion. In this study, we investigated the effects of a new estrogen-blocking agent, Faslodex (ICI 182,780), on estrogen-accelerated skeletal maturation in immature mice. On day-of-life 2 through 8, mice ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gunther DF,Calikoglu AS,Underwood LE

更新日期：1999-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated the role of circulating bone marrow cells (BMC) in cardiomyocyte regeneration. BMC, isolated from transgenic mice expressing enhanced green fluorescent protein (GFP), were transplanted into lethally irradiated C57BL6 mice. Five weeks after bone marrow transplantation (BMT), flow cytometric analysis for...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kuramochi Y,Fukazawa R,Migita M,Hayakawa J,Hayashida M,Uchikoba Y,Fukumi D,Shimada T,Ogawa S

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Innate immunity and urinary tract response play a central role in the development of urinary tract infection (UTI). Heat shock protein (HSP) 72 and Toll-like receptor (TLR) 4 are among the key elements of innate defence mechanisms. This study assesses the role of HSPA1B A(1267)G and TLR4 A(896)G polymorphisms using al...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Karoly E,Fekete A,Banki NF,Szebeni B,Vannay A,Szabo AJ,Tulassay T,Reusz GS

更新日期：2007-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Microangiopathy, one of the most important complications of diabetes mellitus in humans, is associated with increased angiogenic response and proliferative lesions in various organs. Angiogenin, a polypeptide with a molecular size of 14 kD, is a potent inducer of vascular growth. This study aimed at investigating whet...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Malamitsi-Puchner A,Sarandakou A,Dafogianni C,Tziotis J,Bartsocas CS

更新日期：1998-06-01 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

authors： Bernstein IM,DeSouza MM,Copeland KC

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Local delivery of Escherichia coli beta-galactosidase gene (beta-gal) to surfactant protein-A (SP-A)-producing cells by a replication-defective recombinant adenovirus (AdCMV.beta-gal) was tested in human 8-12-wk-old fetal lung explants cultured in Waymouth's medium. In contrast to uninfected explants, direct addition ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Messina E,Muhlhauser J,Giuliano M,Pandolfi A,Morgese G,Procopio A

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Zidovudine (azidothymidine, AZT) is used in pregnancy to reduce mother to infant transmission of HIV. Understanding the disposition of AZT in the fetus is necessary to optimize therapeutic regimens directed toward the fetus. Recent studies in primates found similar steady-state levels of the glucuronide metabolite of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Garland M,Szeto HH,Daniel SS,Tropper PJ,Myers MM,Stark RI

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of iron deficiency was determined in Göteborg, Sweden, in a sample of 15- to 16-y-old girls (n = 220) and boys (n = 207) using serum ferritin (SF). In a recent study in women on the relationship between SF and stainable bone marrow iron, it was established that at a cutoff value for SF of < 16 microgram...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hallberg L,Hultén L,Lindstedt G,Lundberg PA,Mark A,Purens J,Svanberg B,Swolin B

更新日期：1993-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tolazoline is used in neonatal intensive care to treat hypoxia secondary to persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn. Its use is often complicated by systemic hypotension. We compared the effect of tolazoline-induced hypotension on organ blood flow, regional brain blood flow, and cerebral metabolism in hypoxic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Balsan MJ,Cronin CM,Shaw MD,Milley JR

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Though prenatal antidepressant exposure has been associated with adverse developmental outcomes, the extent to which the effects are due to prenatal drug exposure or underlying maternal mood disturbances is unclear. METHODS:This was a population-based retrospective cohort study using administrative data fro...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Park M,Hanley GE,Guhn M,Oberlander TF

更新日期：2020-12-09 00:00:00

abstract：:An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper. ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chaudhry AA,Castro-Magana M,Aloia JF,Yeh JK,Guevarra MS

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to evaluate the changes in Doppler transmitral flow patterns during the 1st d of life. Doppler echocardiography of the ascending aorta and mitral valve was performed serially in 20 normal neonates at 2, 12, and 24 h of age. A computer-interfaced digitizer pad was used to measure the following...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Harada K,Shiota T,Takahashi Y,Tamura M,Toyono M,Takada G

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Near-infrared spectroscopy is used in the assessment of regional splanchnic oxygen saturation (rsSO2), but solid reference values are scarce. We aimed to establish reference values of rsSO2 for preterm infants during the first week after birth, both crude and modeled based on predictors. METHODS:We included...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： van der Heide M,Dotinga BM,Stewart RE,Kalteren WS,Hulscher JBF,Reijneveld SA,Bos AF,Kooi EMW

更新日期：2021-01-27 00:00:00

abstract：:Uteroplacental insufficiency alters the anabolic metabolism of the fetus, resulting in intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). The metabolic and physiologic factors that cause IUGR have long standing consequences after birth. Postnatal growth and glucose metabolism are altered in the IUGR infant. Skeletal muscle is an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lane RH,Chandorkar AK,Flozak AS,Simmons RA

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of resuscitation with varying levels of O2 on pulmonary hemodynamics at birth is not well known. We hypothesized that the decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and subsequent response to pulmonary vasoconstrictors and vasodilators will differ following resuscitation with 21%, 50%, or 100% O2 for 3...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lakshminrusimha S,Russell JA,Steinhorn RH,Swartz DD,Ryan RM,Gugino SF,Wynn KA,Kumar VH,Mathew B,Kirmani K,Morin FC 3rd

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00