abstract：:Neonatal hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE) is a clinically defined neurological condition after lack of oxygen and often associated with cardiac dysfunction in term infants. Therapeutic hypothermia (HT) after birth is neuroprotective in infants with HIE. However, it is not known whether HT is also cardioprotective...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Liu X,Tooley J,Løberg EM,Suleiman MS,Thoresen M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Newborn piglets exposed to acute hypoxia-ischemia (HI) received i.v. cannabidiol (HI + CBD) or vehicle (HI + VEH). In HI + VEH, 72 h post-HI brain activity as assessed by amplitude-integrated EEG (aEEG) had only recovered to 42 ± 9% of baseline, near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) parameters remained lower than normal, ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lafuente H,Alvarez FJ,Pazos MR,Alvarez A,Rey-Santano MC,Mielgo V,Murgia-Esteve X,Hilario E,Martinez-Orgado J

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute kidney injury (AKI) is common in premature infants and is associated with poor outcomes. Novel biomarkers can detect AKI promptly. Because premature infants are born with underdeveloped kidneys, baseline biomarker values may differ. We describe baseline values of urinary neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocali...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Askenazi DJ,Koralkar R,Levitan EB,Goldstein SL,Devarajan P,Khandrika S,Mehta RL,Ambalavanan N

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetal growth restriction (FGR) remains a cause of perinatal brain injury, sometimes leading to neurological and intellectual impairment. Although the mechanisms and pathophysiology of CNS injuries have not been elucidated completely, it is possible carbohydrate and energy metabolism may have an important role in the F...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hayakawa M,Sato Y,Hattori T,Ichinohashi Y,Nakayama A,Yamamoto H,Hemmi H,Ito M,Ieda K,Kojima S

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Girls with Turner syndrome (TS) are treated with supraphysiological doses of growth hormone (GH) to improve final height; however in some girls, the growth response can be poor. This may reflect aberrations in GH and/or IGF-I actions at the cellular level, and thus this study compared the response of skin fibroblasts ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Westwood M,Tajbakhsh SH,Siddals KW,Whatmore AJ,Clayton PE

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In mice, secondary alveolar septal formation primarily occurs during a brief postnatal period and is accompanied by transient expansion of the interstitial lung fibroblast (LF) population. PDGF-A, which solely signals through PDGF-receptor-alpha (PDGF-Rα), is required for expansion, but the receptor's relevant downstr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： McGowan SE,McCoy DM

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our aim was to compare white matter (WM) microstructure in preterm infants with and without punctate WM lesions on MRI using tract-based spatial statistics (TBSS) and probabilistic tractography. We studied 23 preterm infants with punctate lesions, median GA at birth 30 (25-35) wk, and 23 GA- and sex-matched preterm co...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Bassi L,Chew A,Merchant N,Ball G,Ramenghi L,Boardman J,Allsop JM,Doria V,Arichi T,Mosca F,Edwards AD,Cowan FM,Rutherford MA,Counsell SJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In muscle, sepsis reduces protein synthesis (MPS) by restraining translation in neonates and adults. Even though protein accretion decreases with development as neonatal MPS rapidly declines by maturation, the changes imposed by development on the sepsis-associated decrease in MPS have not been described. Pigs at 7 an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Orellana RA,Wilson FA,Gazzaneo MC,Suryawan A,Davis TA,Nguyen HV

更新日期：2011-06-01 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：:Long-term EEG monitoring (LTM) with several electrodes could be a useful tool for surveillance of the brain during the first critical days of life. This study aimed to assess the feasibility of multichannel LTM for automated analysis of EEG activity from d 1 to 3 using eight electrodes. Premature infants (GA <31 wk; n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Schumacher EM,Westvik AS,Larsson PG,Lindemann R,Westvik J,Stiris TA

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca release has been shown not to be the predominant mechanism responsible for excitation-contraction (E-C) coupling in fetal myocytes. However, most of the studies have been conducted either on primary cultures or acutely isolated cells, in which an apparent reduction of ryanodine receptor ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Takizawa M,Ishiwata T,Kawamura Y,Kanai T,Kurokawa T,Nishiyama M,Ishida H,Asano Y,Nonoyama S

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

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 feta...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Giussani DA,Fletcher AJ,Gardner DS

更新日期：2011-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Previous studies have reported differences in muscle function and metabolism between patients with cystic fibrosis (CF) and healthy controls (HC), but it is currently unknown whether these abnormalities are specific to CF or also seen in other airway diseases. In this study, we used magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MR...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wells GD,Wilkes DL,Schneiderman JE,Rayner T,Elmi M,Selvadurai H,Dell SD,Noseworthy MD,Ratjen F,Tein I,Coates AL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mother's milk represents a foundational step in the proper development of newborn immunity. This is achieved, in part, through the action of numerous regulatory proteins such as soluble cluster of differentiation 14 (sCD14) found in significant quantities in human milk (~25-50 μg/mL). In adults, CD14 stimulates cytoki...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Spencer WJ,Binette A,Ward TL,Davis LD,Blais DR,Harrold J,Mack DR,Altosaar I

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nutrition in early life, growth, and subsequent health over a lifetime are significantly interrelated. The aim of this study was to assess body composition changes in exclusively breast-fed infants from birth up to 6 mo of age. An observational, prospective, cohort study was conducted. Fifty-nine full-term, healthy, e...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Roggero P,Giannì ML,Orsi A,Piemontese P,Amato O,Liotto N,Morlacchi L,Taroni F,Fields DA,Catalano PM,Mosca F

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is increasing evidence that cortisol contributes to cardiovascular risk. It is unclear whether physiological concentrations of serum cortisol are related to vascular risk markers in children. The cross-sectional associations between morning serum cortisol and cardiovascular risk markers: blood pressure (BP) and ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Soriano-Rodríguez P,Osiniri I,Grau-Cabrera P,Riera-Pérez E,Prats-Puig A,Carbonell-Alferez M,Schneider S,Mora-Maruny C,De Zegher F,Ibánez L,Bassols J,López-Bermejo A

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral malaria is the most severe neurological complication of infection with Plasmodium falciparum. With >575,000 cases annually, children in sub-Saharan Africa are the most affected. Surviving patients have an increased risk of neurological and cognitive deficits, behavioral difficulties, and epilepsy making cereb...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Idro R,Marsh K,John CC,Newton CR

更新日期：2010-10-01 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 hypothesized that fetal pancreatic digestive enzymes play a role in the lung damage after meconium aspiration. We studied the effect of meconium on the A549 alveolar epithelial cell line. The exposure of the cells to 0.5 to 5% meconium resulted in significant disruption of connections between A549 cells and caused ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ivanov VA,Gewolb IH,Uhal BD

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (LCPUFA)seem to be the most trophic macronutrients in inducing intestinal adaptation in adult short bowel syndrome (SBS), although their effects on intestinal adaptation in infants with SBS remain unknown.It is hypothesized that a high fat diet enriched with n-3 LCPUFA derived fr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yang Q,Kock ND

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This patient presented on the first day of life with pronounced lactic acidosis with an elevated lactate/pyruvate ratio. Urine organic acids showed Krebs cycle metabolites and mildly elevated methylmalonate and methylcitrate. The acylcarnitine profile showed elevated propionylcarnitine and succinylcarnitine. Amino aci...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Van Hove JL,Saenz MS,Thomas JA,Gallagher RC,Lovell MA,Fenton LZ,Shanske S,Myers SM,Wanders RJ,Ruiter J,Turkenburg M,Waterham HR

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In Chinese children with steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome (SRNS), it was reported that NPHS2 mutation was detected in 4.3%, which was lower than that in Caucasians (10-30%). However, there were no data on WT1 mutation in nephrotic syndrome (NS), especially in early-onset NS of Chinese children. Thus, a study, whic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Li J,Ding J,Zhao D,Yu Z,Fan Q,Chen Y,Zhang H,Zhong X,Huang J,Yao Y,Xiao H

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that cerebellar injury in the premature infant is followed by significant growth impairment of the contralateral cerebral hemisphere evident as early as term adjusted age. In this study, we hypothesize that this remote growth restriction is region specific in the cerebrum. In a prospectively enrolled coh...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Limperopoulos C,Chilingaryan G,Guizard N,Robertson RL,Du Plessis AJ

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Beta cells are partially replaced in neonatal rodents after deletion with streptozotocin (STZ). Exposure of pregnant rats to a low protein (LP) diet impairs endocrine pancreas development in the offspring, leading to glucose intolerance in adulthood. Our objective was to determine whether protein restriction has a sim...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Cox AR,Gottheil SK,Arany EJ,Hill DJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have shown that vitamin A (VA) and retinoic acid (RA) synergistically increase lung retinyl ester content in neonatal rats. To confirm whether this biochemical synergism attenuates early neonatal hyperoxic lung injury in mice, we exposed newborn C57BL/6 mice to 95% O2 or air from birth to 4 d. The agent [vehicle, V...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： James ML,Ross AC,Bulger A,Philips JB 3rd,Ambalavanan N

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bubble continuous positive airway pressure (B-CPAP) applies small-amplitude, high-frequency oscillations in airway pressure (DeltaPaw) that may improve gas exchange in infants with respiratory disease. We developed a device, high-amplitude B-CPAP (HAB-CPAP), which provides greater DeltaPaw than B-CPAP provides. We stu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Diblasi RM,Zignego JC,Tang DM,Hildebrandt J,Smith CV,Hansen TN,Richardson CP

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Clinical trials demonstrated decreasing rates of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in preterm infants with hypoxic respiratory failure treated with inhaled nitric oxide (iNO). However, the molecular and biochemical effects of iNO on developing human fetal lungs remain vastly unknown. By using a well-characterized model of hu...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Johnston LC,Gonzales LW,Lightfoot RT,Guttentag SH,Ischiropoulos H

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The use of tissue engineering to develop new urinary bladder could have direct impact on children suffering from congenital bladder dysfunction. Current bladder tissue engineering protocols rely on scaffolds to support the ingrowth of new cells and the subsequent development of new tissues. The interaction between cel...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Roth CC

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To understand scoliosis, related comorbidities, and phenotype-genotype correlations in individuals with Rett syndrome (RTT), the Rare Disease Clinical Research Network database for RTT was probed. Clinical evaluations included a detailed history and physical examination, comprehensive anthropometric measurements, and ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Percy AK,Lee HS,Neul JL,Lane JB,Skinner SA,Geerts SP,Annese F,Graham J,McNair L,Motil KJ,Barrish JO,Glaze DG

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Obese children have a great risk of hypertension and cardiovascular morbidity in adults. The insulin-like growth factor type II (IGF-II) regulates glucose homeostasis, cardiovascular functions, and lipid metabolism. IGF2 gene variants have shown a strong association with weight, body mass index (BMI), and metabolic pr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Faienza MF,Santoro N,Lauciello R,Calabrò R,Giordani L,Di Salvo G,Ventura A,Delvecchio M,Perrone L,Del Giudice EM,Cavallo L

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Childhood obesity is a predisposing factor for adult cardiovascular diseases. Human serum paraoxonase (PON1) may protect against atherosclerosis by hydrolyzing lipid peroxides in oxidized LDL. Alterations and potential correlations of PON1 activities, leptin and adiponectin levels in childhood obesity were studied. We...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Koncsos P,Seres I,Harangi M,Illyés I,Józsa L,Gönczi F,Bajnok L,Paragh G

更新日期：2010-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Birth is characterized by swift and complex transitions in hemodynamic and respiratory variables. Unrecognized pathologies or incidents may quickly become fatal or cause permanent damage. This article introduces an essential component of an acute perinatal care simulator, namely a model for educational simulation of n...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Sá-Couto CD,Andriessen P,Van Meurs WL,Ayres-de-Campos D,Sá-Couto PM

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of developmental delay and childhood disorders are important for early intervention. This study aimed to describe the distribution of responses in a large population-based survey, identify cutoff points for the parent concern checklist (PCC) suitable for the Chinese language and culture, and explore ho...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lung FW,Shu BC,Chiang TL,Lin SJ

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxia and other adverse conditions are commonly encountered by rapidly growing cells. The RNA-binding protein RBM3 (RNA-binding motif protein 3), which is transcriptionally induced by low temperature and hypoxia, has recently been implicated in survival of colon cancer cells by mechanisms involving cyclooxygenase-2 ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wellmann S,Truss M,Bruder E,Tornillo L,Zelmer A,Seeger K,Bührer C

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory phenomena seem to contribute to the occurrence of perinatal cerebral white matter damage and CP. The stimulus that initiates the inflammation remains obscure. One thousand two hundred forty-six infants born before the 28th postmenstrual week had a protocol ultrasound scan of the brain read concordantly by...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Leviton A,Allred EN,Kuban KC,Hecht JL,Onderdonk AB,O'shea TM,Paneth N

更新日期：2010-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Iron is essential for fetal organ development, but the effect of isolated iron deficiency on nephrogenesis is unknown. Human premature infants are at risk for disrupted nephrogenesis because glomerular development is incomplete until 36-wk gestation. We modeled the effects of iron on postnatal glomerulogenesis in four...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Drake KA,Sauerbry MJ,Blohowiak SE,Repyak KS,Kling PJ

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fetuin-A prevents tissue calcification by forming soluble complexes with calcium and phosphate. A pathological depletion of serum fetuin-A has been observed in children on dialysis or after renal transplantation but knowledge on physiologic age-related changes in serum fetuin-A is limited. We prospectively evaluated s...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Häusler M,Schäfer C,Osterwinter C,Jahnen-Dechent W

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:High-frequency oscillatory ventilation (HFOV) may improve pulmonary outcome in very preterm infants, but the effects on the brain are largely unknown. We hypothesized that early prolonged HFOV compared with low volume positive pressure ventilation (LV-PPV) would not increase the risk of delayed brain growth or injury ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Loeliger M,Inder TE,Shields A,Dalitz P,Cain S,Yoder B,Rees SM

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phagocytosis of apoptotic cells, e.g., neutrophils, by monocytes is essential for resolution of inflammation. Delayed removal leads to secondary necrosis, perpetuating inflammation, and tissue destruction. Common histologic features in neonatal chronic inflammatory disorders are an accumulation of apoptotic cells in i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gille C,Steffen F,Lauber K,Keppeler H,Leiber A,Spring B,Poets CF,Orlikowsky TW

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Momentum around the era of genomic medicine is building, and with it, anticipation of the benefits that whole genome analysis (personalized or individualized genomics) will bring for the provision of health care. These technologies have the potential to revolutionize genetic diagnosis; however, the expansive data gene...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ali-Khan SE,Daar AS,Shuman C,Ray PN,Scherer SW

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00