Genetic regulation of branching morphogenesis: lessons learned from loss-of-function phenotypes.

abstract：:Neonatal group B streptococcal (GBS) sepsis produces pulmonary arterial hypertension and hypoxemia that are preventable by pretreatment with the selective thromboxane A2 synthase inhibitor, dazmegrel. In the present experiment we administered dazmegrel (8 mg/kg) 2 h after the initiation of a 2 1/2 h infusion of 5 X 10...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Truog WE,Gibson RL,Juul SE,Henderson WR,Redding GJ

更新日期：1988-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An important feature of the role of IgA in protection against infection and disease at the level of the mucosal surfaces might be the elimination of pathogens without induction of a strong inflammatory reaction. In the present study we addressed the question whether IgA has a regulatory effect on the generation of rea...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wolf HM,Vogel E,Fischer MB,Rengs H,Schwarz HP,Eibl MM

更新日期：1994-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Leptin, a hormone secreted by adipocytes, is elevated in blood of obese adults. It is unknown whether the concentration is affected by gender, ethnicity, age, or stage of sexual maturation in children. We measured serum leptin levels in 183 children and 27 young adults using a double-antibody ELISA assay. Body fat mas...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ellis KJ,Nicolson M

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The fetal and maternal concentration of various plasma proteins alters during pregnancy. Cells in the livers of fetal hamsters accumulate serum amyloid A (SAA) and C-reactive protein (CRP) mRNA, major acute phase reactants, when lipopolysaccharide is administered to the fetal circulation. No fetal SAA or CRP mRNA resp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dowton SB,Waggoner DJ,Mandl KD

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The preterm newborn is at high risk of developing cardiovascular compromise during the first day of life and this is associated with increased risk of brain injury. Standard treatments are volume expansion and administration of inotropes, typically dopamine and/or dobutamine, but there is limited evidence th...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Eiby YA,Shrimpton NY,Wright IM,Lumbers ER,Colditz PB,Duncombe GJ,Lingwood BE

更新日期：2016-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To evaluate the response of the small intestinal mucosa to Saccharomyces boulardii (S.b.), a yeast widely used in some countries as an adjuvant drug with oral antimicrobial therapy, seven healthy adult volunteers were treated with high doses of lyophilized S.b. (250 mg four times per day) for 2 wk. A peroral jejunal s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Buts JP,Bernasconi P,Van Craynest MP,Maldague P,De Meyer R

更新日期：1986-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Although it is commonly accepted that upper airway obstruction (UAO) increases gastroesophageal reflux (GER), the link is poorly understood and insufficiently documented. In addition, while hypoxia is often encountered in infants with UAO, its consequences on GER are virtually unknown. The two aims of the pr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Michaud A,Jia WL,Djeddi D,Samson N,Nadeau C,Geha S,Praud JP

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prenatal exposure to infection and subsequent inflammatory responses have been implicated in the etiology of schizophrenia and autism. In this review, we summarize current evidence from human and animal studies supporting the hypothesis that the pathogenesis of these two disorders is linked via exposure to inflammatio...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Meyer U,Feldon J,Dammann O

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:One of two slightly different influenza A/ts-1[E] recombinant candidate live vaccines was given intranasally to each of 23 young children. Twelve of 15 children who had no serum HI antibody but who did have serum ANAB at the time of administration became infected and 1 had mild rhinitis. All eight who lacked both type...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kim HW,Arrobio JO,Brandt CD,Parrott RH,Murphy BR,Richman DD,Chanock RM

更新日期：1976-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An animal study to evaluate dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and magnetic resonance (MR) imaging and spectroscopy for measurement of neonatal body composition was performed. Twenty-three piglets with body weights ranging from 848 to 7550 g were used. After measuring total body water, animals were killed and body...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fusch C,Slotboom J,Fuehrer U,Schumacher R,Keisker A,Zimmermann W,Moessinger A,Boesch C,Blum J

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The key enzymes in the synthesis of the naturally occurring polyamines, ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) and S-adenosyl methionine (SAM) decarboxylase, were investigated during cell growth and aging in fibroblast cultures from normal patients and patients with cystic fibrosis. A linear correlation between increased S-ade...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Buehler B,Wright R,Schott S,Darby B,Rennert OM

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inasmuch as taurine biosynthesis is decreased during early postnatal life, an efficient mechanism for taurine uptake by the liver must be present to maintain intracellular stores of this beta-amino acid. Therefore, basolateral liver plasma vesicles prepared from 14-day and adult rats were used to examine taurine trans...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bucuvalas JC,Goodrich AL,Suchy FJ

更新日期：1988-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The growth hormone-releasing hexapeptide (GHRP-6) specifically stimulates growth hormone (GH) secretion in several animal species and humans. The mechanism of action of GHRP-6 is largely unknown, although experimental evidence indicates that it may modulate growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) and somatostatin acti...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Locatelli V,Grilli R,Torsello A,Cella SG,Wehrenberg WB,Müller EE

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：BACKGROUND:Earlier attempts to deliver effective lung doses of surfactant by aerosolization were unsuccessful, mostly because of technical shortcomings. We aimed at quantifying the lung deposition of poractant alfa with a new supraglottic delivery system for surfactant atomization in an experimental neonatal model. ME...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nord A,Linner R,Milesi I,Zannin E,di Castri M,Bianco F,Dellacá RL,Cunha-Goncalves D,Perez-de-Sa V

更新日期：2020-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reduced expression of bone morphogenetic protein receptors (BMPR) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension (PH), but changes in the intracellular signaling pathway of BMPR have not been fully understood. We hypothesized that BMPR signaling in pulmonary endothelial cells is altered during the d...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Takahashi K,Kogaki S,Matsushita T,Nasuno S,Kurotobi S,Ozono K

更新日期：2007-04-01 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：:In studies in the newborn infant, it is often assumed that there are similarities in airflow in successive breaths, and, therefore, it is only necessary to measure parameters in a small number of breaths. However, other studies have shown considerable variability in breathing patterns in successive breaths. It was, th...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hathorn MK

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of plasma glucose concentration in the regulation of endogenous glucose production in the human newborn was examined by infusing glucose at 2.6-4.6 mg/kg . min as a continuous infusion to eight normal term appropriate for gestational age infants, five preterm, and six small for gestational age infants. All in...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kalhan SC,Oliven A,King KC,Lucero C

更新日期：1986-01-01 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：:To determine the importance of peroxisomes and mitochondria in hydroxyeicosatetraenoic acid (HETE) oxidation in vivo, urinary excretion of 12- and 15-HETE was measured in eight patients with a peroxisome deficiency disorder (Zellweger syndrome) showing normal mitochondrial beta-oxidation capacity, in three patients wi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mayatepek E,Lehmann WD

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The aim of our study was to understand the relationship between consanguineous marriages and reproductive outcomes. METHODS:A total of 999 families were recruited from five Muslim populations of Jammu region. Family pedigrees were drawn to access the family history and inbreeding status in terms of coeffici...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fareed M,Kaisar Ahmad M,Azeem Anwar M,Afzal M

更新日期：2017-01-01 00:00:00

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：:A comparative study of two smallpox vaccines, standard calf lymph vaccine, and an attenuated vaccine, CVI-78, was performed in 95 children. Primary vaccination with CVI-78 resulted in a more attenuated response than primary vaccination with standard vaccine. Sixty-one percent of those vaccinated with CVI-78 and 96 per...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wesley RB,Speers WC,Neff JM,Ruben FL,Lourie B

更新日期：1975-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidermal growth factor (EGF), a potent mitogen present in milk, is postulated to play an important physiologic role in the ontogeny of the intestine. An artificial rat milk, free of EGF, was developed and fed to newborn rats in an effort to evaluate the physiologic role of EGF on intestinal glucose transport. Compari...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Greene HL,Moore MC,Said HM,Ghishan FK,Orth DN

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The short-term (0-48 h) effects of maternal betamethasone administration on computerized fetal heart rate (FHR) parameters were studied in 36 pregnancies at increased risk for preterm delivery. FHR was recorded for 90 min immediately before the start of betamethasone treatment and again at 6-h intervals during the nex...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lunshof MS,Boer K,Wolf H,Koppen S,Velderman JK,Mulder EJ

更新日期：2005-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A male child presented on the first day of life with metabolic acidosis with elevated blood lactate (15 mM), pyruvate (0.4 mM), and free fatty acid (1.3 mM) levels and a blood pH of 7.16. The severity of the acidosis was diminished by intravenous administration of glucose in large doses and by bicarbonate. On two occa...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Robinson BH,Sherwood WG

更新日期：1975-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platelet-activating factor (PAF) has been implicated in the pathogenesis of gastrointestinal diseases such as necrotizing enterocolitis, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis. However, neither the physiologic role of PAF in the intestine, nor the mechanisms by which PAF participates in the pathogenesis of disease ar...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Claud EC,Li D,Xiao Y,Caplan MS,Jilling T

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although the use of antenatal glucocorticoids has resulted in decreased neonatal morbidity/mortality, recent animal studies have raised concerns regarding adverse effects of these medications on postnatal cardiovascular function. We hypothesized that antenatal betamethasone (Beta) exposure alters cerebral vascular rea...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Eckman DM,Kerr BA,Fuloria M,Simandle SA,Watt SE,Rose JC,Figueroa JP

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the mechanisms by which C16:0 lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) and albumin inhibit the surface activity of calf lung surfactant extract (CLSE) by using a pulsating bubble apparatus with a specialized hypophase exchange system, plus adsorption and Wilhelmy balance measurements. In the absence of inhibitors, CLS...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Holm BA,Wang Z,Notter RH

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00