Abstract:
:This study tested the hypothesis that the sexually dimorphic adrenocortical response to stress is already established before birth. Chronically instrumented late gestation pregnant sheep carrying 16 male and 15 female age-matched singleton fetuses were subjected to an acute episode of hypoxic stress. Maternal and fetal blood gases, adrenocorticotrophic hormone (ACTH), and cortisol were measured. In addition, six male and six female fetuses received the ACTH analog, Synacthen, and plasma cortisol was measured. During hypoxic stress, the increment in plasma cortisol was 2-fold greater in male versus females fetuses (30.6 ± 3.2 versus 14.3 ± 2.0 ng/mL; p < 0.001) mediated, in part, by greater adrenocortical sensitivity to ACTH. The data support the hypothesis tested and show that sex-specific differences in the cortisol stress response are present before birth with the output of cortisol being much greater in male than in female fetuses.
journal_name
Pediatr Resjournal_title
Pediatric researchauthors
Giussani DA,Fletcher AJ,Gardner DSdoi
10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182042a20subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2011-02-01 00:00:00pages
118-22issue
2eissn
0031-3998issn
1530-0447journal_volume
69pub_type
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41390-020-1100-6
更新日期:2020-08-05 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198007000-00014
更新日期:1980-07-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1203/pdr.0b013e3180332cec
更新日期:2007-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
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doi:10.1203/00006450-200111000-00007
更新日期:2001-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199803000-00015
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/pr.2017.80
更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199007000-00011
更新日期:1990-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198406000-00006
更新日期:1984-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41390-020-01253-0
更新日期:2020-11-10 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181be79c2
更新日期:2009-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199308000-00026
更新日期:1993-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198602000-00020
更新日期:1986-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198008000-00006
更新日期:1980-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/s41390-019-0535-0
更新日期:2020-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199605000-00008
更新日期:1996-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::Inhibition of Pseudomonas cepacia (but not Pseudomonas aeruginosa) by beta-lactams was decreased in 5% CO2 in air compared with air alone. The effect of CO2 and pH (range, 6.0 to 8.0) on beta-lactam susceptibility, beta-lactamase expression, and outer membrane proteins was studied in isolates recovered from the sputum...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199403000-00003
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198505000-00008
更新日期:1985-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198202000-00011
更新日期:1982-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199205000-00012
更新日期:1992-05-01 00:00:00
abstract::To investigate the difference in ventilatory response to exercise between children and young adults, we administered a treadmill progressive exercise test to seven boys (aged 8 to 11 y [group A]) and six male young adults (aged 14 to 21 y [group B]), who had a history of Kawasaki disease without significant coronary a...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199903000-00017
更新日期:1999-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Cerebellar injury has been increasingly recognized as a complication of preterm birth, with decreased cerebellar volumes seen on follow-up neuroimaging. A cohort of 38 preterm newborns, including 14 with two scans, was studied with MRI, including single-shot fast spin-echo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sequence speci...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/PDR.0b013e3181a1fb3d
更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::Severely birth-asphyxiated human infants develop delayed ("secondary") cerebral energy failure, which carries a poor prognosis, during the first few days of life. This study tested the hypothesis that i.v. magnesium sulfate (MgSO4) after severe transient cerebral hypoxia-ischemia decreases the severity of delayed ener...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199703000-00024
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Postnatal glucocorticoid therapy in the treatment of chronic lung disease benefits lung function, however it adversely affects brain development. We hypothesized that combined postnatal glucocorticoid and statin therapy diminishes adverse effects of glucocorticoids on the developing brain. METHODS:On postna...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1038/pr.2013.152
更新日期:2013-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Low IGF-I levels are found in patients with chronic liver disease, but it is not known whether these reductions in IGF-I are secondary to hepatic dysfunction or to malnutrition. To determine whether malnutrition associated with hepatic dysfunction causes the decrease in these levels, serum and liver IGF-I concentratio...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198911000-00009
更新日期:1989-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198412000-00008
更新日期:1984-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::Accurate interpretation of the results of GH stimulation tests is of pivotal importance not only in the evaluation of the etiology of growth retardation in children but also in the selection of the best candidates for GH therapy. We performed this study to test a novel immunofunctional GH ( IFGH) assay that makes use ...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-200011000-00010
更新日期:2000-11-01 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
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198702000-00016
更新日期:1987-02-01 00:00:00
abstract::We studied the effects of exogenously administered adrenomedullin on fetal pulmonary arterial blood flow in near-term fetal sheep. The hemodynamic effects of a single injection of adrenomedullin into the left pulmonary artery were compared with those of acetylcholine; the effects of repeated injections of adrenomedull...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-199704000-00007
更新日期:1997-04-01 00:00:00
abstract::The zeta subunit of the CD3 T-cell receptor complex and the major histocompatibility complex class 1 (MHC-I) are important not only for the immune response to antigens, they also function as signal molecules in the brain, where they play a role in the postnatal maturation process. The expression of these molecules can...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/01.pdr.0000238246.74817.a0
更新日期:2006-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::In artificial tubes as well as in blood vessels with diameters less than 500 microns, blood viscosity decreases with decreasing diameter (Fahraeus-Lindqvist effect). Our study measured viscosity of red blood cells (RBC) from 10 preterm infants, 10 term neonates, and 10 adults by means of a capillary viscometer. RBC we...
journal_title:Pediatric research
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1203/00006450-198906000-00009
更新日期:1989-06-01 00:00:00