Toll-like receptor 2 polymorphism is associated with preterm birth.

abstract：:We evaluated bone mineralization by single photon absorptiometry at 2 y in a cohort of preterm infants studied since birth. Infants were fed human milk fortified with Ca [to achieve 80 mg/dL (19.96 mmol/L)] and P [40 mg/dL (12.91 mmol/L)] from wk 2 through 8 after birth. After hospital discharge, infants were divided ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Schanler RJ,Burns PA,Abrams SA,Garza C

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new model has been developed for the study of maternal phenylketonuria. Beginning on the 12th day of gestation the diet of pregnant rats was supplemented with 0.5% alpha-methylphenylalanine and 3% phenylalanine. This resulted in an 83% reduction of hepatic phenylalanine hydroxylase activity. The maternal plasma phen...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Brass CA,Isaacs CE,McChesney R,Greengard O

更新日期：1982-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of their known high incidence of noninsulin dependent diabetes (NIDDM), we sought to determine whether Native American (Plains Indian) children and adolescents show evidence of risk factors for both NIDDM and cardiovascular disease. Children and adolescents between the ages of 4 and 19 y were recruited, and fi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Blackett PR,Taylor T,Russell D,Lu M,Fesmire J,Lee ET

更新日期：1996-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The objective of this study was to establish longitudinal normative limits for home memory monitors during early infancy. Eighty-eight healthy infants were monitored overnight at 0.25-19 wk of age using the Healthdyne Smart Monitor. Apnea settings were 14 s for recording and 40 s for alarm; the bradycardia setting was...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hunt CE,Hufford DR,Bourguignon C,Oess MA

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 2-month-old white girl had severe liver disease (but without signs of hepatic necrosis, infection or cirrhosis), urinary cytomegalovirus, transient reduction of alpha 1-antitrypsin concentration and transient abnormal alpha 1-antitrypsin phenotype that were not present in her parents. Five serum specimens that were ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hug G,Chuck G,Bowles B

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the effects of anemia and ouabain administration on cardiac function, oxygen physiology, and blood catecholamine levels in nine newborn lambs. We measured oxygen consumption continuously, along with traditional hemodynamic variables. Oxygen transport was calculated. Following baseline measurements, lambs we...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Berman W Jr,Lister G Jr,Alverson D,Olsen S

更新日期：1987-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate atrial myocardial blood flow in the fetus under conditions of acute right ventricular pressure load and adenosine infusion. Late gestation fetal sheep were instrumented for acute right ventricular pressure loading or adenosine infusion, and regional myocardial blood flow wa...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lohr JL,Reller MD,Morton MJ,Wu DE,Thornburg KL

更新日期：1994-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mucolipidosis 4 (ML4) is an autosomal recessive disorder with both lipid and mucopolysaccharide storage. The disease is characterized by severe visual impairment and psychomotor retardation. In our effort to find a phenotypic marker for ML4 fibroblasts, living cells were stained with fluorescent compounds. The stainin...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Goldin E,Blanchette-Mackie EJ,Dwyer NK,Pentchev PG,Brady RO

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary surfactant proteins SP-B and SP-C were isolated from lavage fluids of bovine lungs and recombined (lipid/proteins, 9/1, wt/wt) with dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine for testing in vitro and in surfactant-deficient adult rats. Using a pulsating bubble surfactometer, we found that inflation pressures of bubbles...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Smith GB,Taeusch HW,Phelps DS,Keough KM

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method is developed for the detection of homozygotes and heterozygote carriers of Niemann-Pick disease type A by employing a high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) technique for the measurement of sphingomyelin (SP) as well as for the assay of the enzyme sphingomyelinase (SPase) in skin fibroblasts and amniot...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Jungalwala FB,Milunsky A

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies have shown that human neonates who develop group B streptococcal sepsis usually lack opsonic antibody (Ab) to their infecting strain and that these neonates may also have impaired polymorphonuclear leukocyte (PMN) function. The present study was designed to determine the efficacy of administration of PMNs or o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Santos JI,Shigeoka AO,Hill HR

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute vasculitis of young childhood predominantly affecting the coronary arteries. IgA plasma cells have been found to infiltrate vascular and nonvascular tissues in fatal acute KD. To determine whether IgA B-lymphocytes were increased in the peripheral blood of patients with KD, we perform...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shingadia D,O'Gorman M,Rowley AH,Shulman ST

更新日期：2001-10-01 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：BACKGROUND:Hirschsprung disease (HSCR) is the third most common congenital disorder of the gastrointestinal tract. This study aims to elucidate changes in protein expression between the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human HSCR. METHODS:The biopsies were obtained from the normal and aganglionic hindgut in human HSC...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhang SC,Chen F,Jiang KL,Yuan ZW,Wang WL

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:We examined the extent of fetal lung hypoplasia and lung maturation using the amniotic lamellar body count (LBC) in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). METHODS:We obtained 30 amniotic fluid samples from human CDH cases during cesarean section. We assessed LBC, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and ultras...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Watanabe Y,Tsuda H,Kotani T,Sumigama S,Mano Y,Hayakawa M,Sato Y,Kikkawa F

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Altered pulmonary vascular resistance might be a factor for delayed closure of the ductus arteriosus (DA) in preterm infants. Angiotensin II plays a central role in the elevation of pulmonary vascular resistance. Angiotensin II exerts its vasoconstrictor effect on the angiotensin II type 1 receptor (AT1R). Homozygous ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Treszl A,Szabo M,Dunai G,Nobilis A,Kocsis I,Machay T,Tulassay T,Vasarhelyi B

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Postnatal growth restriction (PNGR) in premature infants increases risk of pulmonary hypertension (PH). In a rodent model, PNGR causes PH, while combining PNGR and hyperoxia increases PH severity. We hypothesized that PNGR causes intestinal dysbiosis and that treatment with a probiotic attenuates PNGR-associ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wedgwood S,Warford C,Agvatisiri SR,Thai PN,Chiamvimonvat N,Kalanetra KM,Lakshminrusimha S,Steinhorn RH,Mills DA,Underwood MA

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are hydrocarbons that originate within different healthy and diseased tissues. VOCs can be secreted into the circulation and then excreted in the urine and faeces. In the lungs, VOCs are locally produced and can be detected in exhaled breath. VOCs can be identified using non...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wright H,Bannaga AS,Iriarte R,Mahmoud M,Arasaradnam RP

更新日期：2020-03-02 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiologic studies have linked intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) with an increased incidence of cardiovascular disease later in life; reduced cardiomyocyte number in IUGR hearts may underlie such prenatal programming. Our aim was to examine the effect of IUGR, as a result of maternal protein restriction, on th...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Corstius HB,Zimanyi MA,Maka N,Herath T,Thomas W,van der Laarse A,Wreford NG,Black MJ

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that enterally administered heparin-binding EGF-like growth factor (HB-EGF) produced in Escherichia coli decreases the incidence and severity of intestinal injury in a neonatal rat model of necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC). In preparation for upcoming human clinical trials, large-scale p...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Radulescu A,Zorko NA,Yu X,Besner GE

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Late Onset Central Hypoventilation Syndrome associated with Hypothalamic Dysfunction (LO-CHS/HD) is a distinct entity among the clinical and genetic heterogeneous group of patients with late onset central hypoventilation. Here we report a series of 13 patients with LO-CHS/HD. Rapid onset obesity is the first symptom o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： De Pontual L,Trochet D,Caillat-Zucman S,Abou Shenab OA,Bougneres P,Crow Y,Cunningham S,Esteva B,Heberle LC,Leger J,Pinto G,Polak M,Shafik MH,Straus C,Trang H,Munnich A,Lyonnet S,Desguerre I,Amiel J

更新日期：2008-12-01 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：BACKGROUND:Animal models have shown that insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) may mediate protein-induced kidney growth. Our aim was to analyze the effect of IGF-I on protein-induced kidney growth in healthy infants. METHODS:This is a secondary analysis of a randomized trial that compared growth of infants fed with a ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Luque V,Escribano J,Grote V,Ferre N,Koletzko B,Gruszfeld D,Socha P,Langhendries JP,Goyens P,Closa-Monasterolo R,European Childhood Obesity Project.

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chitosan is a natural, cationic polysaccharide derived from fully or partially deacetylated chitin. Chitosan is capable of inducing large phospholipid aggregates, closely resembling the function of nonionic polymers tested previously as additives to therapeutic lung surfactants. The effects of chitosan on improving th...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zuo YY,Alolabi H,Shafiei A,Kang N,Policova Z,Cox PN,Acosta E,Hair ML,Neumann AW

更新日期：2006-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Neonatal encephalopathy (NE) carries high risk for neurodevelopmental impairments. Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) reduces this risk, particularly for moderate encephalopathy (ME). Nevertheless, these infants often have subtle functional deficits, including abnormal memory function. Detection of deficits at the...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pfister KM,Zhang L,Miller NC,Hultgren S,Boys CJ,Georgieff MK

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Antigenic analysis of neuroblastoma cells was performed by autologous typing and indirect immunofluorescent test combined with absorption tests. Serum of a patient with neuroblastoma before treatment showed weak reactivity with cultured autologous neuroblastoma cells, while serum obtained from the same patient 3 month...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kawai K,Sakatoku H,Matsuda T,Kazuoka K,Kubo S,Kamiya H,Sakurai M

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurological injury is the primary lethal mechanism of injury in children, and the primary etiology of long-term disability after trauma. Laboratories and clinical/translational teams have sought to develop stem/progenitor cell therapies to improve recovery in a clinical setting in which there is no significant repara...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cox CS Jr

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Continuous and intermittent bolus orogastric feedings are strategies used in infants unable to tolerate normal feeds. METHODS:To determine the effects of feeding modality on protein synthesis in different tissues, neonatal pigs received a balanced formula by orogastric tube as an intermittent bolus feed eve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： El-Kadi SW,Gazzaneo MC,Suryawan A,Orellana RA,Torrazza RM,Srivastava N,Kimball SR,Nguyen HV,Fiorotto ML,Davis TA

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulmonary surfactant is inactivated in meconium aspiration syndrome and neonatal pneumonia. Development of an exogenous surfactant less sensitive to inactivation might be useful for treating these diseases. We investigated in vitro whether addition of the cationic cyclic membrane cross-linking peptide polymyxin B (PxB...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Stichtenoth G,Jung P,Walter G,Johansson J,Robertson B,Curstedt T,Herting E

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study is to determine whether the oxidative injury markers, protein carbonyls and malondialdehyde (MDA), are elevated in tracheal aspirates from very low birth weight (< 1500 g) infants; to determine whether levels correlate with myeloperoxidase as a marker of neutrophil inflammation; and to assess...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Buss IH,Darlow BA,Winterbourn CC

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00