abstract：:Up to 20% of pregnant women smoke and there is indirect evidence that certain tobacco-specific metabolites can cross the placental barrier and are genotoxic to the fetus. The presence of micronuclei results from chromosome damage and reflects the degree of underlying genetic instability. Fetal blood was obtained from ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zalacain M,Sierrasesumaga L,Larrañnaga C,Patiñno-García A

更新日期：2006-08-01 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：:Angiotensin II-forming chymase is expressed in the pulmonary arteries of the monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats, but its actual role is unclear. We studied chymase-dependent angiotensin II formation in the pulmonary arteries of the monocrotaline-induced pulmonary hypertensive rats and observed the effec...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kishi K,Jin D,Takai S,Muramatsu M,Katayama H,Tamai H,Miyazaki M

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Unconjugated bilirubin promotes intestinal secretion without affecting nutrient digestion or absorption. In the current study, the effects of unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) on the barrier function of the intestinal epithelium were investigated. The apical side of human intestinal cell line Caco-2 monolayers was challeng...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Raimondi F,Crivaro V,Capasso L,Maiuri L,Santoro P,Tucci M,Barone MV,Pappacoda S,Paludetto R

更新日期：2006-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glutaryl-CoA dehydrogenase (GCDH) deficiency is a rare inborn disorder of L-lysine, L-hydroxylysine, and L-tryptophan metabolism complicated by striatal damage during acute encephalopathic crises. Three decades after its description, the natural history and how to treat this disorder are still incompletely understood....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kölker S,Garbade SF,Greenberg CR,Leonard JV,Saudubray JM,Ribes A,Kalkanoglu HS,Lund AM,Merinero B,Wajner M,Troncoso M,Williams M,Walter JH,Campistol J,Martí-Herrero M,Caswill M,Burlina AB,Lagler F,Maier EM,Schwahn B

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The interactions between CD40 and CD40L (CD154) are critical for effective humoral immune response. CD40 signaling facilitates T lymphocyte dependent B cell proliferation and immunoglobulin isotype switch. The objective of our study was to investigate the CD40 and CD40L expression on peripheral blood mononuclear cells...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kowalczyk D,Macura-Biegun A,Zembala M

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of biliary atresia (BA) is not yet understood, but recent studies have shown inflammation with an up-regulated interferon (IFN) activity in the intra- and extrahepatic bile ducts of patients with BA. These findings support an inflammatory/infectious cause of BA as mimicked in our infective murine model. T...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kuebler JF,Czech-Schmidt G,Leonhardt J,Ure BM,Petersen C

更新日期：2006-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to obtain a better understanding of the differences between breast-feeding and bottle-feeding, particularly with regard to how sucking performance changes from nonnutritive sucking (NNS) to nutritive sucking (NS). Twenty-two normal term infants were studied while breast-feeding at 4 and 5 d postpartum. Fiv...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mizuno K,Ueda A

更新日期：2006-05-01 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：:Cancer stem cells (CSC) are recently proposed to be the cancer initiating cells responsible for tumorigenesis and contribute to cancer resistance. Advances have been made in identifying and enriching CSC in leukemia and several solid tumors, including breast, brain and lung cancers. These studies suggest that, like no...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Guo W,Lasky JL 3rd,Wu H

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic variants of surfactant protein B (SP-B) have been associated with respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in the prematurely born infant. We wished to determine linkage between RDS and SP-B single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) [-18 (A/C), 1013 (A/C), 1580 (C/T), and 9306 (A/G)] or SP-B-linked microsatellite [(D2...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Floros J,Thomas NJ,Liu W,Papagaroufalis C,Xanthou M,Pereira S,Fan R,Guo X,Diangelo S,Pavlovic J

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is customary to estimate the uteroplacental function in singletons by defining appropriateness of birth weight by gestational age. Such a measure, however, is not available for the entire multiple pregnancy set. We evaluate a new index, total triplet birth weight, expressed as multiples of the median (MOM) birth we...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Blickstein I,Salihu HM,Keith LG,Alexander GR

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment with phototherapy or with the lipase inhibitor orlistat decreases plasma unconjugated bilirubin (UCB) concentrations in hyperbilirubinemic Gunn rats. We investigated the mechanism(s) underlying the effects of orlistat, phototherapy, and combined treatment, using steady-state 3H-UCB kinetics. After three week...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hafkamp AM,Havinga R,Ostrow JD,Tiribelli C,Pascolo L,Sinaasappel M,Verkade HJ

更新日期：2006-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sildenafil (Viagra) has been shown to be an effective pulmonary vasodilator and is increasingly used in patients with pulmonary hypertension. Its effects on the cerebral circulation are unclear and have not yet been described. We investigated the effect of i.v. sildenafil treatment on cerebral oxygenation in 13 childr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Nagdyman N,Fleck T,Bitterling B,Ewert P,Abdul-Khaliq H,Stiller B,Hübler M,Lange PE,Berger F,Schulze-Neick I

更新日期：2006-03-01 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 secreted protein sonic hedgehog (Shh) is essential for normal development of many organs. Targeted disruption of Shh in mouse leads to near complete absence of craniofacial skeletal elements at birth, and mutation of SHH in human causes holoprosencephaly (HPE), frequently associated with defects of derivatives of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yamagishi C,Yamagishi H,Maeda J,Tsuchihashi T,Ivey K,Hu T,Srivastava D

更新日期：2006-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ambulatory blood pressure (ABP) monitoring offers a reliable method for determining blood pressure (BP) in children. The aim of this cohort study was to examine whether maternal preeclampsia is associated with elevated BP in an offspring. The study population consisted of 57 children born to preeclamptic mothers (PRE)...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tenhola S,Rahiala E,Halonen P,Vanninen E,Voutilainen R

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several lines of evidence suggest that formula with protein content of 3.0 g/100 kcal does not fully meet the protein needs of very-low-birth weight infants. Our purpose was to compare nitrogen balance, metabolic status and growth in infants fed a standard (3.0 g/100 kcal; RegPro) and high (3.6 g/100 kcal; HiPro) prot...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cooke R,Embleton N,Rigo J,Carrie A,Haschke F,Ziegler E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccination can protect animals from asthma, but the effect of BCG on childhood asthma prevention is controversial in humans. To verify the hypothesis that the BCG anti-asthma effect in childhood might be reversed by a respiratory virus infection, newborn BALB/c mice were divided into fi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li R,Yang X,Wang L,Liu E

更新日期：2006-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies suggest that the endotoxin lipopolysaccharide (LPS) may have dual effects on brain damage induced by hypoxia-ischemia (HI) in 7-d-old rats, depending on the exposure paradigm. Although a 4-h interval between LPS administration and HI results in sensitization to HI brain injury, tolerance is observed w...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ikeda T,Yang L,Ikenoue T,Mallard C,Hagberg H

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a study on the effect of herpes simplex virus 1 (HSV-1) infection on apoptosis of neutrophils from both adults and neonates and present evidence showing that HSV-1 enhances apoptosis in neonatal, but not adult, neutrophils. HSV-1 enhanced the expression of both Fas and Fas ligand on the surface of neonatal n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ennaciri J,Menezes J,Proulx F,Toledano BJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have shown that early life stress in the form of intermittent maternal separation (MS) predisposes adult rats to develop stress-induced intestinal mucosal dysfunction and visceral hypersensitivity. However, the mechanism involved in the functional abnormalities is unclear. Our aim was to study immatur...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gareau MG,Jury J,Yang PC,MacQueen G,Perdue MH

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal dermal wounds heal scarlessly and with a minimal inflammatory response. When a robust inflammatory response is induced at the site of fetal dermal wounds by the application of cytokines, healing results in fibrosis. To test the hypothesis that the reduced inflammatory response in fetal wounds is due to impaired ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Olutoye OO,Zhu X,Cass DL,Smith CW

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As the mechanisms controlling the amount and timing of growth saltations are not well understood, the identification of physiologic coupling in weight and length growth are important for further understanding normal growth biology. Thirty-four healthy infants (13 males, 21 females) participated in a longitudinal growt...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lampl M,Thompson AL,Frongillo EA

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of blue light phototherapy on the expression of circadian genes in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) and plasma melatonin levels in neonates. Real-time reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) was used to determine the expression of Bmal1 ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Chen A,Du L,Xu Y,Chen L,Wu Y

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Indomethacin is used to constrict the patent ductus arteriosus in premature infants. To clarify possible prostanoid receptor antagonists that can constrict the ductus, we studied in vivo constriction of the fetal and neonatal ductus arteriosus by AE3-208, a prostanoid EP4-receptor antagonist, in rats. Following quick ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Momma K,Toyoshima K,Takeuchi D,Imamura S,Nakanishi T

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assessed the patterns of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) specific maternal antibodies in maternal serum, cord blood, and milk, which might play a role in prevention of H. pylori infection because transferred to the infant. Between November 2000 and November 2001, mothers were recruited after delivery of their offsp...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Weyermann M,Borowski C,Bode G,Gürbüz B,Adler G,Brenner H,Rothenbacher D

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The placenta is essential to nutrition before birth. Recent work has shown that a range of clearly defined alterations can be found in the placentas of infants with intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR). In the mouse, a placental specific knockout of a single imprinted gene, encoding IGF-2, results in one pattern of ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sibley CP,Turner MA,Cetin I,Ayuk P,Boyd CA,D'Souza SW,Glazier JD,Greenwood SL,Jansson T,Powell T

更新日期：2005-11-01 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：:Tanshinone IIA is a compound purified from the Chinese herb Danshen (Radix Salviae Miltiorrhiza Bge). The neuroprotective effect of tanshinone IIA was investigated in a neonatal rat model of hypoxia-ischemia brain damage. Hypoxia-ischemia encephalopathy was induced in rats at day 7 of postnatal age by ligation of the ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Xia WJ,Yang M,Fok TF,Li K,Chan WY,Ng PC,Ng HK,Chik KW,Wang CC,Gu GJ,Woo KS,Fung KP

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to investigate 1) the plasma resistin concentration at birth, 2) the relationship of resistin with leptin and insulin, and 3) the association of resistin with anthropometric indexes in newborn infants. Blood samples for hormonal assay were obtained from preterm and term newborns within the first 2 h o...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ng PC,Lee CH,Lam CW,Chan IH,Wong E,Fok TF

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tyrosine (Tyr) phosphorylation is implicated in the modification of several erythrocyte functions, such as metabolic pathways and membrane transport, as well as in signal transduction systems. Here we describe the map of Tyr-phosphorylated soluble proteins of newborn red blood cells (RBC) using an in vitro model simul...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Marzocchi B,Ciccoli L,Tani C,Leoncini S,Rossi V,Bini L,Perrone S,Buonocore G

更新日期：2005-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neurogenesis persists throughout life in the rodent subventricular zone (SVZ) and increases in the adult after brain injury. In this study, postnatal day 7 (P7) rats underwent right carotid artery ligation followed by 8% O2 exposure for 90 min, a lesioning protocol that resulted in ipsilateral forebrain hypoxic-ischem...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ong J,Plane JM,Parent JM,Silverstein FS

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aspiration is a major cause of lung disease in infants and young children. As the symptoms and signs of aspiration are not specific, the diagnosis is delayed due to a low index of suspicion and low sensitivity and specificity of the available diagnostic tests. In the present study, we evaluated the utility of microsph...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Springer C,Benita S,Sherman Y,Gursoy N,Gilhar D,Avital A

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) differed between clinically obese black and white children and if a difference existed to determine whether it was related to hematological profiles and/or physical activity/inactivity levels. Twenty-three black and 21 white...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Andreacci JL,Robertson RJ,Dubé JJ,Aaron DJ,Dixon CB,Arslanian SA

更新日期：2005-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A substantial proportion of the "apparently normal" preterm infants exhibit minor and moderate dysfunctions in neuromotor outcome as they grow older. Birth characteristics, minor abnormalities on the neonatal ultrasound scan of the brain, and motor milestones have only limited value in the early detection of these chi...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fallang B,Øien I,Hellem E,Saugstad OD,Hadders-Algra M

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin treatment of prepubertal children with insulin-dependent diabetes improves body protein balance by decreasing the rate of protein degradation without stimulating protein synthesis. However, insulin also causes hypoaminoacidemia, so the inability of insulin to stimulate protein synthesis may have been limited b...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Godil MA,Wilson TA,Garlick PJ,McNurlan MA

更新日期：2005-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature newborns are highly susceptible to severe bacterial infections. This is partially due to their immature innate immune system, characterized by decreased neutrophil and monocyte activity as well as by reduced concentrations of complement factors. However, additional mechanisms might be important for innate im...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Förster-Waldl E,Sadeghi K,Tamandl D,Gerhold B,Hallwirth U,Rohrmeister K,Hayde M,Prusa AR,Herkner K,Boltz-Nitulescu G,Pollak A,Spittler A

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung deposition of inhaled drugs in ventilated neonates has been studied in models of questionable relevance. With conventional nebulizers, pulmonary deposition has been limited to 1% of the total dose. The objective of this study was to assess lung delivery of aerosols in a model of neonatal ventilation using a conve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Dubus JC,Vecellio L,De Monte M,Fink JB,Grimbert D,Montharu J,Valat C,Behan N,Diot P

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Critically ill infants are treated with dexamethasone (Dx) and other glucocorticoids to reduce inflammation and to promote lung and cardiac function. The neonatal immune system is immature, so neonatal dendritic cells (DCs) might be especially sensitive to glucocorticoid-mediated immunosuppression. To test this, we co...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mainali ES,Kikuchi T,Tew JG

更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00