abstract：:Early-life stress has been shown to destabilize the homeostatic synaptic plasticity and compromise the developing brain to the later encountered insults. This study would determine the long-term epileptogenic effect of neonatal isolation (NI) on early-life seizure. There were five groups: normal rearing (NR) rats; NI ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Lai MC,Lui CC,Yang SN,Wang JY,Huang LT

更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A patient is reported who presented in the newborn period with an unusual combination of congenital lactic acidosis and bilateral calcifications in the adrenal medulla, visible on standard abdominal x-ray and ultrasound examination. At birth, the proband was hypotonic and dystrophic. She developed respiratory insuffic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zecic A,Smet JE,De Praeter CM,Vanhaesebrouck P,Viscomi C,Van Den Broecke C,De Paepe B,Lohse P,Martin JJ,Jackson JG,Campbell CR,De Meirleir LJ,Zeviani M,Seneca SH,Lissens W,Van Coster RN

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neonatal PMN (polymorphonuclear neutrophils) exhibit altered inflammatory responsiveness and greater longevity compared with adult PMN; however, the involved mechanisms are incompletely defined. Receptors containing immunoreceptor tyrosine-based inhibitory motif (ITIM) domains promote apoptosis by activating inhibitor...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Rashmi R,Bode BP,Panesar N,King SB,Rudloff JR,Gartner MR,Koenig JM

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously discovered that the adult Drosophila melanogaster is tolerant to a low O2 environment, withstanding hours of total O2 deprivation without showing any evidence of cell injury. Subsequently, our laboratory embarked on the study of hypoxia tolerance using a mutagenesis and overexpression screens to beg...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Zhou D,Visk DW,Haddad GG

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Our objectives were to establish antecedent factors and patterns of brain injury and their prognostic value in preterm infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy (HIE). Essential inclusion criteria were gestation (GA) < or =36 wk, Apgar scores <5/<7 at 1/5 min, major resuscitation at birth, and a brain MRI <6 postna...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Logitharajah P,Rutherford MA,Cowan FM

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incidence of allergic diseases has increased, and a relation between allergy and dietary fatty acids has been proposed. Modulation of the maternal immune function during pregnancy may have an impact on future clinical outcomes in the child. The aim of this study was to determine the effects of omega (omega)-3 long...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Warstedt K,Furuhjelm C,Duchén K,Fälth-Magnusson K,Fagerås M

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebellar injury has been increasingly recognized as a complication of preterm birth, with decreased cerebellar volumes seen on follow-up neuroimaging. A cohort of 38 preterm newborns, including 14 with two scans, was studied with MRI, including single-shot fast spin-echo diffusion tensor imaging (DTI) sequence speci...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Tam EW,Ferriero DM,Xu D,Berman JI,Vigneron DB,Barkovich AJ,Miller SP

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Animal models with complex cortical development are useful for improving our understanding of the wide spectrum of neurodevelopmental challenges facing human preterm infants. MRI techniques can define both cerebral injury and alterations in cerebral development with translation between animal models and the human infa...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Barnette AR,Neil JJ,Kroenke CD,Griffith JL,Epstein AA,Bayly PV,Knutsen AK,Inder TE

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Supine sleeping, recommended to prevent sudden infant death, should be started in the delivery hospital, but meets concern that neonates may exhibit more intermittent hypoxia in this position. We aimed to demonstrate that intermittent hypoxia is equally rare in supine and side position. We enrolled 609 term neonates i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Poets A,Urschitz MS,Poets CF

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Genetic factors are implicated in pathogenesis of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia. In this nested case-control study, we determined 1) frequency of thymine-adenine (TA)n promoter polymorphism and Gly71Arg mutation in uridine diphosphoglucuronate-glucuronosyltransferase 1A1 (UGT1A1) gene in neonates > or =35-wk gestation p...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Agrawal SK,Kumar P,Rathi R,Sharma N,DAS R,Prasad R,Narang A

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In preterm infants, low levels of insulin like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) have been associated with impaired growth and retinopathy of prematurity. Our objective was to study safety and pharmacokinetics of i.v. administered rhIGF-I with its binding protein 3 (rhIGFBP-3) to preterm infants. At 3 d chronological age, an i....

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Löfqvist C,Niklasson A,Engström E,Friberg LE,Camacho-Hübner C,Ley D,Borg J,Smith LE,Hellström A

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) have traditionally been defined according to their immunologic phenotype. Far from being concluded, the search for human genes that, when mutated, cause PID is actively being pursued. During the last year, four novel genetic defects that cause severe combined immunodeficiency and seve...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Pessach I,Walter J,Notarangelo LD

更新日期：2009-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin administration is the primary therapy for type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM). Current available insulin therapies do not successfully enable children with T1DM to reach glycemic goals without side effects such as hypoglycemia and weight gain. Pramlintide is a synthetic analog of human amylin that acts in conjunct...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Raman VS,Heptulla RA

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Premature infants are at risk for bilirubin-associated brain damage. In cell cultures bilirubin causes neuronal apoptosis and necrosis. Ibuprofen is used to close the ductus arteriosus, and is often given when hyperbilirubinemia is at its maximum. Ibuprofen is known to interfere with bilirubin-albumin binding. We hypo...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Berns M,Toennessen M,Koehne P,Altmann R,Obladen M

更新日期：2009-04-01 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：:This study aimed to characterize early neonatal microvascular function after preeclamptic pregnancy with respect to infant sex and in utero growth. Peripheral microvascular blood flow was examined prospectively from 6 to 72 h of age using laser Doppler flowmetry in a cohort of term infants of normotensive women and wo...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Stark MJ,Clifton VL,Wright IM

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxygen is critical for multicellular existence. Its reduction to water by the mitochondrial electron transport chain helps supply the metabolic demands of human life. The incompletely reduced, reactive oxygen byproducts of this reaction, however, can be quite toxic. In this review, we explore the mechanisms responsibl...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Maltepe E,Saugstad OD

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Human autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is caused by defective CD95-mediated apoptosis of lymphocytes. In most patients, heterozygous mutations within the CD95 gene are found. Mutated proteins interfere with CD95-signaling in a dominant-negative way. However, the penetrance of clinical disease is variable...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Fuchs H,Posovszky C,Lahr G,van der Werff ten Bosch J,Boehler T,Debatin KM

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intratracheal lipopolysaccharide (LPS) causes acute inflammation and injurious mechanical ventilation results in pulmonary and systemic inflammation. We aimed to determine in preterm lungs if continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) protects against pulmonary and systemic inflammation, compared with conventional mec...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Polglase GR,Hillman NH,Ball MK,Kramer BW,Kallapur SG,Jobe AH,Pillow JJ

更新日期：2009-01-01 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：:The precise mechanism by which the most common cause of bacterial enterocolitis in humans, Campylobacter jejuni, perturbs the intestinal mucosa remains elusive. To define effects of C. jejuni infection on mucosal permeability, Madin-Darby canine kidney (MDCK)-I and T84 cell monolayers were infected with C. jejuni for ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Wine E,Chan VL,Sherman PM

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This review article examines the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) overall budget and its pediatric research funding across three time periods: predoubling [fiscal year (FY) 1992-1997]; doubling (FY 1998-2003); and postdoubling (FY 2004-2009). The average annual NIH appropriations increased by 5.4%, 13.4%, and 1.3...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Gitterman DP,Hay WW Jr

更新日期：2008-11-01 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：:Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) is multifactorial and may result from the interaction of a number of environmental, genetic, and developmental factors. We studied three major genes causing long QT syndrome in 42 Japanese SIDS victims and found five mutations, KCNQ1-K598R, KCNH2-T895M, SCN5A-F532C, SCN5A-G1084S, an...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Otagiri T,Kijima K,Osawa M,Ishii K,Makita N,Matoba R,Umetsu K,Hayasaka K

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Programmed proliferative degeneration of the human fetal ductus arteriosus (DA) preceding definite postnatal closure has a large developmental variability and is controlled by several signaling pathways. Among these vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptors (VEGF-Rs) play an important role. Until now...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Weber SC,Rheinlaender C,Sarioglu N,Peiser C,Rüdiger M,Obladen M,Koehne PS

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Preterm infants are prone to abnormal bacterial colonization of the intestine with ensuing adverse health effects. To examine whether the oral application of Bifidobacterium lactis Bb12 (probiotic) may improve selected indicators of health status in preterm infants, a double blind, placebo controlled randomized clinic...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Mohan R,Koebnick C,Schildt J,Mueller M,Radke M,Blaut M

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We investigated whether obese children and adolescents have early echocardiographic signs of subclinical cardiac dysfunction and evaluated the respective influence of obesity per se versus parameters of carbohydrate and lipid metabolism that are frequently abnormal in obese subjects. The role of tissue Doppler imaging...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Van Putte-Katier N,Rooman RP,Haas L,Verhulst SL,Desager KN,Ramet J,Suys BE

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Maternal smoking doubles the risk of delivering a low birth weight infant. The purpose of this study was to analyze differential gene expression in umbilical cord tissue as a function of maternal smoking, with an emphasis on growth-related genes. We recruited 15 pregnant smokers and 15 women who never smoked during pr...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Hussain N,Krueger W,Covault J,Walsh S,Kranzler HR,Oncken C

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There is evidence that an elevated erythropoietin (EPO) concentration is associated with signs of iron deficient erythropoiesis. The aim of this study was to evaluate the iron status by means of novel cellular indices and serum iron markers and to determine whether these are associated with EPO and pH in the venous co...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Ervasti M,Sankilampi U,Heinonen S,Punnonen K

更新日期：2008-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Music is widely used to enhance well-being. We wished to assess music's effect on pediatric oncology outpatients. Patients who had leukemia and were in maintenance or consolidation outpatient treatment served as their own control at two visits. At visit 1, children rested for 20 min; at visit 2, for 20 min they listen...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kemper KJ,Hamilton CA,McLean TW,Lovato J

更新日期：2008-07-01 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：:Nitric Oxide (NO) can be cytotoxic or cytoprotective depending on amount and location of its generation. eNOS is important in modulating blood flow and is allosterically regulated. Inducible NOS (iNOS) tends to produce large quantities of NO leading to cell injury. We studied the role and regulation of NOS in carbon t...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Liu H,Subramony C,Nowicki M

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), the major substrate of neurologic deficits in premature infants, is associated with reduced white matter volume. Using immunomarkers of axonal pathology [beta-amyloid precursor protein (beta-APP) and apoptotic marker fractin], we tested the hypothesis that widespread (diffuse) axona...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Haynes RL,Billiards SS,Borenstein NS,Volpe JJ,Kinney HC

更新日期：2008-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contributions from multidisciplinary investigations have focused attention on the potential of tissue engineering to yield novel therapeutics. Congenital malformations, including cleft palate, craniosynostosis, and craniofacial skeletal hypoplasias represent excellent targets for the implementation of tissue engineeri...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Panetta NJ,Gupta DM,Slater BJ,Kwan MD,Liu KJ,Longaker MT

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The field of regenerative medicine continues to make substantial advancements in therapeutic strategies addressing urologic diseases. Tissue engineering borrows principles from the fields of cell biology, materials science, transplantation and engineering in an effort to repair or replace damaged tissues. This review ...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Yamzon JL,Kokorowski P,Koh CJ

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Functional disturbances in microcirculation in juvenile type 1 diabetes (T1D) are believed to underlie, in part, the later occurrence of cardiovascular complications. Some epidemiologic studies suggested greater risk of microvascular complications in those with T1D-risk genotypes of human leukocyte antigen (HLA). We i...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Odermarsky M,Lernmark A,Truedsson L,Liuba P

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) injury in the preterm neonate incurs numerous functional deficits, however little is known about the neurochemically-defined brain nuclei that may underpin them. Key candidates are the brainstem catecholamine neurons. Using an immature animal model, the postnatal day (P)-3 (P3) rat pup, we invest...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Buller KM,Wixey JA,Pathipati P,Carty M,Colditz PB,Williams CE,Scheepens A

更新日期：2008-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent data suggest that umbilical venous perfusion of the fetal liver has an important influence on fetal growth and postnatal liver function, and that maternal factors in late pregnancy modify this circulation. In a longitudinal study of 160 low-risk pregnancies, we determined how umbilical and portal venous blood f...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Kessler J,Rasmussen S,Godfrey K,Hanson M,Kiserud T

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early nutrition in animals affects both behavior and brain structure. In humans, randomized trials show that early nutrition affects later cognition, notably in males. We hypothesized that early nutrition also influences brain structure, measurable using magnetic resonance imaging. Prior research suggested that the ca...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： Isaacs EB,Gadian DG,Sabatini S,Chong WK,Quinn BT,Fischl BR,Lucas A

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the transition at birth to air breathing, regulation of surfactant release from alveolar type II (ATII) cells is critical. Atrial natriuretic peptide (ANP) stimulates natriuretic peptide receptor-A (NPR-A) and increases intracellular cGMP. We examined the changes in ANP and NPR-A in respiratory epithelium durin...

journal_title：Pediatric research

authors： D'Angelis CA,Holm BA,Lakshminrusimha S,Nickerson PA,Swartz DD,Sokolowski J,Nielsen LC,Ryan RM

更新日期：2008-03-01 00:00:00