System A amino acid transporter activity in human placental microvillous membrane vesicles in relation to various anthropometric measurements in appropriate and small for gestational age babies.

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare catecholamine concentrations in the fetal umbilical artery cord blood from the offspring of smokers versus the offspring of nonsmokers. Pregnant women who were self-identified as smokers (>/=10 cigarettes per day throughout pregnancy) or nonsmokers were recruited for study particip...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Oncken CA,Henry KM,Campbell WA,Kuhn CM,Slotkin TA,Kranzler HR

更新日期：2003-01-01 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：:Few data exist regarding resuscitation of hypovolemic shock in infants, and alternative strategies such as vasopressor therapy merit further evaluation. However, the effects of norepinephrine on cerebral perfusion and oxygenation during hemorrhagic shock in the pediatric population are still unclear. Eight anesthetize...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Meybohm P,Renner J,Boening A,Cavus E,Gräsner JT,Grünewald M,Scholz J,Bein B

更新日期：2007-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deficiency of the lipoprotein complex, surfactant, can lead to respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in the prematurely born infant. The surfactant proteins (SP) play important roles in the function of surfactant. Previously, we have characterized four allelic variants of the SP-A1 gene (6A, 6A2, 6A3, and 6A4) and five ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kala P,Ten Have T,Nielsen H,Dunn M,Floros J

更新日期：1998-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Toll-like receptor (TLR)-mediated inflammation may contribute to neonatal sepsis, for which pentoxifylline (PTX), a phosphodiesterase inhibitor that raises intracellular cAMP, is a candidate adjunctive therapy. We characterized the anti-inflammatory effects of PTX toward TLR-mediated production of inflammato...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Speer EM,Dowling DJ,Ozog LS,Xu J,Yang J,Kennady G,Levy O

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Small for gestational age (SGA) children have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors at a young age. It is not known whether this increased risk is caused by their size at birth, a familial predisposition for cardiovascular disease or smallness at birth or a combination of these factors. The cardiovascular...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： De Kort SW,Van Dijk M,Willemsen RH,Ester WA,Viet L,De Rijke YB,Hokken-Koelega AC

更新日期：2008-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a recognized risk factor for neurologic deficits later in life. Abnormal fetal blood flow in the presence of fetal growth retardation helps to distinguish true fetal growth impairment from small but normally grown infants. The present study aimed to investigate the influence o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ley D,Marsal K,Dahlgren J,Hellstrom A

更新日期：2004-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:Kawasaki disease was well known for coronary artery abnormalities with few reports of incidence of acute kidney injury (AKI). Our aim was to identify the rate of AKI in patients with Kawasaki disease and its associated factors. METHODS:All patients with Kawasaki disease admitted to a medical center from Feb...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chuang GT,Tsai IJ,Lin MT,Chang LY

更新日期：2016-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:DGCR6 is the most centromeric gene in the human DiGeorge critical region and is the only gene in the region with a second functional copy on a repeat localized more distally on chromosome 22. We isolated the chicken ortholog of DGCR6 and showed an embryonic expression pattern that is initially broad but becomes gradua...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hierck BP,Molin DG,Boot MJ,Poelmann RE,Gittenberger-de Groot AC

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Long-term prefrontal cortex (PFC)- and hippocampus-based cognitive deficits are the sequelae of perinatal iron deficiency, despite iron supplementation starting in the newborn period. Whether high-dose iron supplementation prevents these deficits is yet to be determined. METHODS:Perinatal iron deficiency wa...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rao R,Tkac I,Unger EL,Ennis K,Hurst A,Schallert T,Connor J,Felt B,Georgieff MK

更新日期：2013-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The sheep has served as an informative animal model for investigation of human fetal and newborn erythropoiesis and red blood cell (RBC) kinetics. We previously validated the permanent label (14C)cyanate for measuring red cell volume (RCV) in sheep. Here, we validate biotin labeling of RBCs as a nonradioactive method ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mock DM,Mock NI,Lankford GL,Burmeister LF,Strauss RG,Widness JA

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C3H/HeJ mice develop an increase in terminal air space area detectable by postnatal d 14 that persists into adulthood compared with strain-matched controls (C3H/SnJ, C3H/OuJ). Morphometric quantification revealed a 50% increase in terminal air space area by postnatal d 14 and a 2.3-fold increase by 2 mo of age in C3H/...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sampath V,Davis K,Senft AP,Richardson TR,Kitzmiller JA,Berclaz PY,Korfhagen TR

更新日期：2006-12-01 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：: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：:To determine whether epidermal growth factor (EGF) or EGF-like transforming growth factors (TGFs) are present in ovine fetal tissues, we have tested acid-ethanol extracts of ovine fetal kidney for the ability to induce anchorage-independent growth of normal rat kidney fibroblasts in soft agar and to compete with 125I-...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Freemark M,Comer M

更新日期：1987-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Clinicians could modify dietary interventions during early infancy by monitoring fat and fat-free mass accretion in very preterm infants. METHODS:Preterm infants were randomly assigned to either having reports on infant body composition available to the clinicians caring for them (intervention group) or not...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Salas AA,Jerome ML,Chandler-Laney P,Ambalavanan N,Carlo WA

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced arterial hypoxemia (EIAH) is a recognized phenomenon in highly trained adults. Like adult athletes, prepubescent trained children may develop high-level metabolic demand but with a limited lung capacity in comparison with adults. The purpose of this investigation was to search for evidence of EIAH in ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nourry C,Fabre C,Bart F,Grosbois JM,Berthoin S,Mucci P

更新日期：2004-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:To minimize secondary lung injury, ventilated preterm infants are extubated as soon as possible. To maximize extubation success, they are often placed in prone position. The effect of extubation and subsequent prone positioning on lung volumes is currently unknown. METHODS:Changes in end-expiratory lung vol...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： van der Burg PS,Miedema M,de Jongh FH,Frerichs I,van Kaam AH

更新日期：2015-03-01 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 ontogeny of glutamine uptake by jejunal brush border membrane vesicles was studied in suckling and weanling rats and compared with the data obtained from previous studies done on adult rats in our laboratory. Glutamine uptake represented transport into the intravesicular space rather than mere binding into the mem...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： al-Mahroos FT,Bulus N,Abumrad N,Said H,Ghishan FK

更新日期：1990-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hydrocephalus may result in loss of tissue associated with neuronal degeneration, axonal damage, and reactive gliosis. The soluble form of the anti-apoptotic regulator Fas (sFas) and the pro-apoptotic factors soluble FasL (sFasL) and activated caspase 3 were studied in the cerebrospinal fluid of infants with hydroceph...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Felderhoff-Mueser U,Buhrer C,Groneck P,Obladen M,Bartmann P,Heep A

更新日期：2003-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Twenty-two reported cases of neuroblastoma missed by the mass screening programs were reviewed (six cases in Sapporo City where a quantitative measurement for both vanillylmandelic acid (VMA) and homovanillic acid (HVA) is used and 16 cases in the districts of qualitative judgment only for VMA), and some potential fac...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nishi M,Miyake H,Takeda T,Takasugi N,Sato Y,Hanai J,Kawai T

更新日期：1989-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The intranasal live attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV), FluMist, has been widely appreciated by pediatricians, parents, and children alike for its ease of administration. However, concerns regarding lack of effectiveness in recent influenza seasons led to the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) re...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gill MA,Schlaudecker EP

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1), acting through its C-C chemokine receptor 2 (CCR-2), has important roles in inflammation, angiogenesis, and wound repair. The individual and combined effects of inhaled nitric oxide (NO) and hyperoxia on lung MCP-1 and CCR-2 in relation to lung leukocyte dynamics are unknown...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ekekezie II,Thibeault DW,Garola RE,Truog WE

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously shown that generation of superoxide anion occurs in cerebral cortex during asphyxia/reventilation in newborn pigs and that a high dose of indomethacin (5 mg/kg i.v.) abolishes superoxide anion production. The purposes of this study were 1) to determine whether the generation of superoxide anion occu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pourcyrous M,Leffler CW,Bada HS,Korones SB,Busija DW

更新日期：1993-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There has been recent interest in the use of the phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor sildenafil for treating pulmonary hypertension. We examined the interaction between inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) and i.v. sildenafil in 12 piglets with acute pulmonary hypertension and lung injury secondary to meconium aspiration. Six animals...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Shekerdemian LS,Ravn HB,Penny DJ

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:BackgroundHyperoxic lung injury is characterized by cellular damage from high oxygen concentrations that lead to an inflammatory response and it disrupts normal alveolarization in the developing newborn lung. Adenosine is a signaling molecule that is generated extracellularly by ecto-5'-nucleotidase (CD73) in response...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li H,Karmouty-Quintana H,Chen NY,Mills T,Molina J,Blackburn MR,Davies J

更新日期：2017-08-23 00:00:00

abstract：:Labeled choline incorporation into adult rat lung alveolar epithelial cells and adult rat lung fibroblasts in monolayer culture was determined after incubation with insulin (Ins) 10 micrograms/ml, Dexamethasone (Dex) 10(-6)M, or no drug (ND). Incubation periods were 1, 3, 4, and 5 hours. The lecithin (phosphatidyl cho...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sharp MJ,Borer RC Jr,Vadnay L,Douglas WH

更新日期：1980-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ventilation of immature airways has been shown to result in pressure-induced deformation and alteration of mechanical properties. These changes in mechanical properties may alter the effect of compressive pressures on pressure-flow relationships. To test this hypothesis, unventilated (Group I, n = 8) and ventilated (g...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Penn RB,Wolfson MR,Shaffer TH

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00