Staphylococcus epidermidis biofilms induce lower complement activation in neonates as compared with adults.

abstract：BACKGROUND:Bilirubin-induced neurologic dysfunction (BIND) is a spectrum of preventable neurological sequelae in jaundiced newborns. Current total plasma bilirubin (BT) concentration thresholds for phototherapy and/or exchange transfusion poorly predict BIND. METHODS:The unbound (free) bilirubin (Bf) measured at these...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ahlfors CE,Bhutani VK,Wong RJ,Stevenson DK

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Secreted frizzled-related protein 5 (SFRP5) is an adipokine protecting against obesity-related insulin resistance and diabetes. SFRP5 binds to wingless type mouse mammary tumor virus (MMTV) integration site family member 5A (WNT5A) to improve insulin sensitivity. We performed the first study of SFRP5 and WNT...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Prats-Puig A,Soriano-Rodríguez P,Carreras-Badosa G,Riera-Pérez E,Ros-Miquel M,Gomila-Borja A,de Zegher F,Ibáñez L,Bassols J,López-Bermejo A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The relationship between the development of cytotoxic cellular immune response to herpes simplex virus type I (HSV-1)-infected autologous cells and the production of interferon (IFN) was studied using in vitro secondary sensitization of peripheral blood leukocytes in subjects with recurrent herpes labialis (RHL) and i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tsutsumi H,Bernstein JM,Riepenhoff-Talty M,Ogra PL

更新日期：1986-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal inflammatory response has been suggested as causal in neonatal morbidity. Serial levels of circulating cytokines were evaluated in 74 infants with a mean gestational age (GA) of 27.1 wk. Pro-inflammatory [tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), interferon-gamma (IFN-gamma), IL-1 beta, IL-2, IL-6, IL-8, IL-1...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hansen-Pupp I,Harling S,Berg AC,Cilio C,Hellström-Westas L,Ley D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In 1975-1976, an experiment was performed at three sites of an HMO to investigate the effect of a protocol on drug prescribing for otitis media. A large and unexpected difference in encounter rates for otitis media was found among the sites. In the first 6 months of 1975, the rate of children less than 15 years with a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bush PJ,Rabin DL

更新日期：1980-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) on cerebral and adrenal monoamine metabolism was studied in the fetuses of eight nulliparous rat dams after unilateral uterine artery ligation on d 18 of gestation. On d 22 (term = 23 d), four dams were subjected to normoxia and four to hypoxia (10% O2) for 58 min w...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Thordstein M,Hedner T

更新日期：1992-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of biliary atresia (BA) is not yet understood, but recent studies have shown inflammation with an up-regulated interferon (IFN) activity in the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts of patients with BA. These findings support an inflammatory/infectious cause of BA as mimicked in our infective murine model. T...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kuebler JF,Czech-Schmidt G,Leonhardt J,Ure BM,Petersen C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long-term parenteral nutrition (TPN) in children is associated with sustained hyperinsulinemia due to a high nutriment infusion flow 12 h/24 h, with plausible lipotoxicity secondary to repeated lipid infusions and with changes in incretin hormone release. The aim of this study was to test whether long-term TPN can lea...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Beltrand J,Colomb V,Marinier E,Daubrosse C,Alison M,Burcelin R,Cani PD,Chevenne D,Marchal CL

更新日期：2007-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Shigellosis in children can cause growth retardation, worsening of malnutrition, and hypoproteinemia. To assess the effects of ingestion of a protein-rich diet during convalescence, 22 children aged 2 to 4 y with culture-proven shigellosis were randomly assigned after 5 d of antibiotic treatment to 21-d feeding regime...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kabir I,Butler T,Underwood LE,Rahman MM

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The nutritional status, prenatally and early postnatally, plays a critical role in postnatal growth and development. Early malnutrition may change the original programming of organs, especially those in developmental phases, which can result in long-term changes in metabolism. The association between a low birth weigh...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Engelbregt MJ,Houdijk ME,Popp-Snijders C,Delemarre-van de Waal HA

更新日期：2000-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Astrocyte end-feet ensheathe blood vessels in the brain and are believed to provide structural integrity to the cerebral vasculature. We sought to determine in developing infants whether the coverage of blood vessels by astrocyte end-feet is decreased in germinal matrix (GM) compared with cerebral cortex and white mat...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： El-Khoury N,Braun A,Hu F,Pandey M,Nedergaard M,Lagamma EF,Ballabh P

更新日期：2006-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular responses to feeding have been observed in several species during various periods of development and have been implicated in the development of cardiovascular regulation. In the rat, these responses are characterized by short-lasting, large increases in blood pressure (BP) and moderate increases in hear...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Scalzo FM

更新日期：1992-07-01 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：:A patient is reported who presented in the newborn period with an unusual combination of congenital lactic acidosis and bilateral calcifications in the adrenal medulla, visible on standard abdominal x-ray and ultrasound examination. At birth, the proband was hypotonic and dystrophic. She developed respiratory insuffic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zecic A,Smet JE,De Praeter CM,Vanhaesebrouck P,Viscomi C,Van Den Broecke C,De Paepe B,Lohse P,Martin JJ,Jackson JG,Campbell CR,De Meirleir LJ,Zeviani M,Seneca SH,Lissens W,Van Coster RN

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sudden infant death syndrome is the most common cause of postneonatal infant mortality in the developed world. It is a diagnosis of exclusion with peak age of incidence between 2 and 6 mo. Fifty to 63% of these infants have a preexisting upper respiratory tract infection before death. We hypothesized that the immature...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Blood-Siegfried J,Nyska A,Lieder H,Joe M,Vega L,Patterson R,Germolec D

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We measured the cortisol and corticosterone responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia in 13 growth hormone (GH)-deficient children and 30 short children without GH deficiency. Although there was no difference between the two groups in degree of hypoglycemia attained, baseline cortisol, baseline corticosterone, or cort...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chasalow FI,Blethen SL

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence of autism spectrum disorders (ASD) is 5-fold higher in preterm (PT) infants born ≤28 weeks gestational age (GA) as compared to the general population. The relationship between placental pathologic lesions and ASD in PT infants has not been studied. OBJECTIVES:The objective of this study was t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mir IN,White SP,Steven Brown L,Heyne R,Rosenfeld CR,Chalak LF

更新日期：2020-09-19 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that umbilical venous perfusion of the fetal liver has an important influence on fetal growth and postnatal liver function, and that maternal factors in late pregnancy modify this circulation. In a longitudinal study of 160 low-risk pregnancies, we determined how umbilical and portal venous blood f...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kessler J,Rasmussen S,Godfrey K,Hanson M,Kiserud T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Responses of pial arterioles to topically applied arachidonic acid, conversion of exogenous arachidonic acid to prostanoids, and pial arteriolar dilation to hypercapnia were examined before and at progressive times after treatment with indomethacin (5 mg/kg i.v.) in chloralose-anesthetized newborn pigs with closed cra...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Leffler CW,Mirro R,Shibata M,Parfenova H,Armstead WM,Zuckerman S

更新日期：1993-06-01 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：:There is evidence that an elevated erythropoietin (EPO) concentration is associated with signs of iron deficient erythropoiesis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the iron status by means of novel cellular indices and serum iron markers and to determine whether these are associated with EPO and pH in the venous co...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ervasti M,Sankilampi U,Heinonen S,Punnonen K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Near-infrared spectroscopy is a noninvasive method for monitoring brain oxygenation. The aim of the study was to investigate differences between cerebral oxygenation in different brain regions in newborns. In a prospective study, we monitored simultaneously left and right frontoparietal and temporo-occipital regional ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wijbenga RG,Lemmers PM,van Bel F

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The mononuclear cells of newborn infants compared to those of normal adults contain diminished activity of pyruvate kinase (PK) (14.9 +/- 1.2 vs. 22.3 +/- 1.3 mumol/10(10) cells/min) and phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) (195 +/- 10 vs. 415 +/- 19). These deficiencies are accentuated in the cells of premature infants (4.9...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Das M,Klein W,Feig SA

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To study the effects of podocyte injury on glomerular maturation and underlying mechanisms of such effects, puromycin aminonucleoside (PAN) was given to neonatal mice at 1 d post partum (1 dpp). Mice with PAN injection had smaller kidney weight (KW) and body weight (BW) at all times and smaller KW/BW at 4, 8, and 12 d...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ma J,Rossini M,Yang HC,Zuo Y,Fogo AB,Ichikawa I

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The immunological competence of neonatal rabbits inoculated intradermally with Treponema pallidum was examined. Both cellular responses and the production of humoral antibody to specific T. pallidum antigens and to nonspecific antigens or mitogens were investigated. In blast transformation assays, splenic and poplitea...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gamboa D,Miller JN,Lukehart SA,Baker-Zander SA,Sell S

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thoracoabdominal asynchrony (TAA) and chest wall distortion (CWD) are commonly seen in preterm infants secondary to a highly compliant rib cage and poor compensation of distorting forces by inspiratory rib cage muscles. Continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) reduces TAA and CWD by stenting the chest wall. We hypot...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Musante G,Schulze A,Gerhardt T,Everett R,Claure N,Schaller P,Bancalari E

更新日期：2001-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To describe the relation between scalp blood flow and transcutaneous PO2 and PCO2, these three signals were recorded simultaneously in eight experiments on four healthy lambs in the first weeks after birth. Scalp blood flow was recorded by a laser Doppler flow sensor that was incorporated in the transcutaneous PO2 ele...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Smits TM,Aarnoudse JG,Zijlstra WG

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Children with nephropathic cystinosis store 50 to 100 times normal amounts of free cystine in many cells and display negligible lysosomal cystine transport in their leucocytes and cultured fibroblasts. A patient with intermediate (adolescent) cystinosis exhibited a similar deficiency of egress out of fibroblast lysoso...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gahl WA,Tietze F

更新日期：1987-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim was to identify susceptibility alleles for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS) in a pedigree previously linked to IHPS5 on chromosome 16q24. METHODS:We screened the positional and functional candidate gene FOXF1 by Sanger sequencing in a single affected individual. All family members for ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Everett KV,Ataliotis P,Chioza BA,Shaw-Smith C,Chung EMK

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kinetic data are presented for the decarboxylation of branched chain alpha-ketoacids (BCKA) by intact human fibroblasts. Cultured cells of normal individuals and nine patients with different clinical pictures of maple syrup urine disease (MSUD) are studied with both alpha-ketoisocaproic acid (2-oxo-4-methylpentanoic a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wendel U,Wentrup H,Rüdiger HW

更新日期：1975-09-01 00:00:00