Fibroblasts expressing PDGF-receptor-alpha diminish during alveolar septal thinning in mice.

abstract：:The dipeptides carnosine and anserine, found exclusively in meats, are hydrolyzed in serum by the enzyme carnosinase. Several reports of serum carnosinase deficiency describe a variable phenotype, which ranges from normal to severe psychomotor retardation, hypotonia, and myoclonic seizures in the first year of life. W...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Willi SM,Zhang Y,Hill JB,Phelan MC,Michaelis RC,Holden KR

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Germinal matrix hemorrhage-intraventricular hemorrhage (GMH-IVH) commonly affects premature neonates. The gravity of the consequences associated with GMH-IVH makes it a major concern in their care. GMH-IVH begins in the germinal matrix tissue and is, most commonly, the result of venous rupture. Arteriole-to-venous pre...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Anstrom JA,Brown WR,Moody DM,Thore CR,Challa VR,Block SM

更新日期：2002-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of erythrocytes from newborn babies and adults to maintain reduced glutathione levels during oxidative stress was studied. In vitro incubation of erythrocytes with H2O2, with or without inactivation of catalase, caused a rapid depletion of reduced glutathione (GSH) and concomitant accumulation of oxidized ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Clahsen PC,Moison RM,Holtzer CA,Berger HM

更新日期：1992-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Magnesium-deficient fetuses exhibited malformations (44%), anemia, and edema. Maternal plasma magnesium levels at day 21 of pregnancy reflected the level of dietary magnesium (2.43 +/- 0.09 mg Mg/100 ml, control; 0.74 +/- 0.02 mg Mg/100 ml, deficient). Plasma magnesium levels of deficient fetuses showed similar decrea...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cosens G,Diamond I,Theriault LL,Hurley LS

更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preterm infants, low levels of insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) have been associated with impaired growth and retinopathy of prematurity. Our objective was to study safety and pharmacokinetics of i.v. administered rhIGF-I with its binding protein 3 (rhIGFBP-3) to preterm infants. At 3 d chronological age, an i....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Löfqvist C,Niklasson A,Engström E,Friberg LE,Camacho-Hübner C,Ley D,Borg J,Smith LE,Hellström A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Little is known about factors determining height outcome during GH treatment in Turner syndrome (TS). We investigated 987 TS children within the Kabi International Growth Study (KIGS) who had reached near adult height (NAH) after >4 y GH treatment (including >1 y before puberty). Through multiple regression analysis w...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ranke MB,Lindberg A,Ferrández Longás A,Darendeliler F,Albertsson-Wikland K,Dunger D,Cutfield WS,Tauber M,Wilton P,Wollmann HA,Reiter EO,KIGS International Board.

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effects of fetal hypoxemia on blood coagulation (platelet count, prothrombin time, partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen, factors II, V, VI, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and von Willebrands activities, fibrin degradation products, and fibrin monomer) were evaluated in nine chronically catheterized fetal lambs earl...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kisker CT,Robillard JE,Clarke WR

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy (T&A) is a frequent surgical procedure in children with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Many symptomatic children who do not fulfill the currently recommended criteria for T&A may benefit from topical intranasal steroid therapy. However, the expression of glucocorticoid receptor (GCR) ex...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goldbart AD,Veling MC,Goldman JL,Li RC,Brittian KR,Gozal D

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We examined adult sheep lymphocytes for the following surface markers: Surface membrane immunoglobulin, antigen identified by anti-sheep thymocyte globulin and complement receptors. We quantitated sheep peripheral blood mononuclear leukocyte proliferative responses to mitogens and alloantigens, and demonstrated a neut...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Raghunathan R,Miller ME,Wuest C,Faust J

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Myocardial oxygen demand may be increased in chronically hypoxemic lambs because of their increased heart rate. Therefore, we determined whether left ventricular (LV) oxygen supply, oxygen uptake and oxygen demand were proportionally increased in 6-wk-old lambs, after 4 wk of hypoxemia (n = 15), as compared with contr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dalinghaus M,Willem J,Gratama C,Koers JH,Gerding AM,Zijlstra WG,Kuipers JR

更新日期：1993-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Surfactant-associated proteins (SP-A, SP-B, and SP-C) are critical for the endogenous function of surfactant. Keratinocyte growth factor (KGF) and vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) are key regulators of lung development. The objective of this study was to evaluate the effects of early mechanical ventilation on...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Digeronimo RJ,Mustafa SB,Ryan RM,Sternberg ZZ,Ashton DJ,Seidner SR

更新日期：2007-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The Coulter LH780 hematology analyzer can evaluate mean neutrophil volume (MNV), conductivity (MNC), scatter (MNS), and distribution width (DW). We sought to investigate the value of volume, conductivity, and scatter (VCS) parameters in diagnosis and treatment efficacy of neonatal sepsis. RESULTS:We obser...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Celik IH,Demirel G,Aksoy HT,Erdeve O,Tuncer E,Biyikli Z,Dilmen U

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Oral propranolol, a nonselective β-blocker, is able to reduce the progression of retinopathy of prematurity in newborns, but it appeared unsafe. This study aimed to find, in rabbits, a propranolol eye drop concentration able to induce lower plasma but higher retinal concentrations than those obtained after o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Padrini L,Isacchi B,Bilia AR,Pini A,Lanzi C,Masini E,Della Bona ML,Calvani AM,Ceccantini R,la Marca G,Filippi L

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyrotropin releasing hormone (TRH) and its precursor peptide pGlu-His-Pro-Gly (TRH-Gly) were measured in serum and in a variety of tissues of developing rats using specific RIA. TRH and TRH-Gly immunoreactivities were detected in most tissues. TRH concentrations were highest in pancreas, in which mean (+/- SEM) TRH c...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fuse Y,Polk DH,Lam RW,Fisher DA

更新日期：1991-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Experiments were done to investigate the effects of increased inspired oxygen on the arousal response from sleep to upper airway obstruction in 10 newborn lambs. Each lamb was anesthetized and instrumented for recordings of electrocorticograms, electrooculogram, nuchal and diaphragm electromyograms, and measurements o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Baker SB,Fewell JE

更新日期：1987-02-01 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：:Respiratory parameters of skeletal muscle were determined in permeabilized muscle fibers by adapting a technique described by Veksler et al. for cardiac fibers (Biochim Biophys Acta, 892:191-196, 1987). This method consists of the permeabilization of muscle fibers by saponin by allowing respiratory substrates and inhi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Letellier T,Malgat M,Coquet M,Moretto B,Parrot-Roulaud F,Mazat JP

更新日期：1992-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of various lipids, proteins, and other substances on the adsorption rate of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPC) was investigated. Each substance was added to a sonicated suspension of DPC in saline, and the surface pressure of the adsorbed surface film was measured using a platinum plate suspended from an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Meban C

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It seems quite likely that the normal process of fetal lung biochemical maturation is delayed by maternal diabetes and that abnormalities in the pulmonary surfactant system are involved. The appearance of PG in amniotic fluid and possibly in fetal lung is impaired or at least delayed. The same is possibly true for DSP...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bourbon JR,Farrell PM

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cytotoxicity of natural killer (NK) cells against K562 cells and their responsiveness to interferon-alpha and interleukin 2 (IL-2) were studied throughout childhood using 51Cr-release and single-cell assays. Although NK activity was extremely low in the neonatal period, it almost reached the adult level during 1 t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yabuhara A,Kawai H,Komiyama A

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The history of Pediatric Infectious Diseases closely parallels the history of Pediatrics at least until the last century, because historically infections comprised the major causes of childhood morbidity and mortality, as they still do in the developing world. This history reviews developments in the field through the...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shulman ST

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased fetal lung expansion profoundly inhibits surfactant protein gene expression and stimulates cellular proliferation in the fetal lung. Our aim was to determine whether increased expansion of the lung after birth, by the application of a continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) for 12 h, inhibits surfactant p...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lines AL,Davey MG,Harding R,Hooper SB

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Short forms of IQ (S-IQ) assessments are time efficient and highly predictive of the full IQ (F-IQ) in healthy individuals. To investigate the validity of S-IQs for patients with neurodevelopmental impairments, this study tested a well-established S-IQ version in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD)....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ehrler M,Latal B,Polentarutti S,von Rhein M,Held L,Wehrle FM

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary manifestations of Pompe disease are muscle weakness and cardiomyopathy. Although accumulation of glycogen has also been seen in the nervous system in patients, the significance of brain involvement in infantile-onset Pompe disease is not clear. In this study, brain development in five cases of infantile-on...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chien YH,Lee NC,Peng SF,Hwu WL

更新日期：2006-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The widespread use of phototherapy for neonatal hyperbilirubinemia has caused some concern since substances other than bilirubin may be photoactivated. The toxic properties of these photoactivated substances might prove to be more harmful to the neonatal infant than bilirubin. The purpose of the present study was to i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Speck WT,Chen CC,Rosenkranz HS

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lipase activities were measured at pH 4 and pH 8 in the placentas of rats made diabetic by streptozotocin treatment and also in the placentas of women classified as having 1) impaired glucose tolerance or type 2 diabetes, 2) type 1 diabetes with no associated vascular complication, and 3) type 1 diabetes with associat...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kaminsky S,Sibley CP,Maresh M,Thomas CR,D'Souza SW

更新日期：1991-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Kawasaki disease (KD) is the most common systemic vasculitis syndrome primarily affecting medium-sized arteries, particularly the coronary arteries. Though KD may be associated with immunological problems, the involvement of microRNAs (miRs) has not been fully described. METHODS:We enrolled 23 KD patients a...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Saito K,Nakaoka H,Takasaki I,Hirono K,Yamamoto S,Kinoshita K,Miyao N,Ibuki K,Ozawa S,Watanabe K,Bowles NE,Ichida F

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Sepsis is an important cause of neonatal morbidity and mortality worldwide. Diagnosis and treatment of neonatal sepsis relies on clinical judgment and interpretation of nonspecific laboratory tests. In a prospective cohort, we measured inflammatory cytokines as a potential biomarker for neonatal sepsis. MET...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ye Q,Du LZ,Shao WX,Shang SQ

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a patient with extrapyramidal movement disorder and extremely low creatinine concentrations in serum and urine, in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy disclosed a generalized depletion of creatinine in the brain. Oral substitution of arginine, a substrate for creatine synthesis, resulted in an increase of b...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Stöckler S,Holzbach U,Hanefeld F,Marquardt I,Helms G,Requart M,Hänicke W,Frahm J

更新日期：1994-09-01 00:00:00