• In this proposal, we wish to investigate whether exposure to TBBPA alters pregnancy outcomes by perturbing tryptophan catabolism and reducing maternal-fetal immune tolerance. (nih.gov)
  • Urinary tract obstructions are a common antenatal diagnosis, and outcomes can vary from clinical insignificance to intrauterine fetal demise (IUFD). (medscape.com)
  • OHB-607 has the potential to be the first breakthrough in more than 30 years to improve outcomes for these infants and their families. (businesswire.com)
  • Considering the rapid evolution of the pathogenetic mechanism, an index of suspicion, early identification, and prompt intervention are imperative for improved outcomes. (frontiersin.org)
  • The progressive group has a higher incidence of fetal interventions and poorer perinatal outcomes ( 1 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Two years ago Messersmith came to Berkeley, in part to be near UC San Francisco, one of a handful of medical centers in the country where physician scientists explore new ways to further improve outcomes for fetal surgery. (futurity.org)
  • While the MOMS trial has demonstrated conclusively that open fetal surgery for repair of myelomeningocele (MMC) improves outcomes - with reduction in hindbrain herniation and the need for shunting, and significant improvement in functional neurologic outcomes - open fetal surgery for MMC is not a cure. (chop.edu)
  • Supported by a grant from the National Institutes of Health, the researcher moved from Northwestern University in Illinois to be proximal to the work underway at the University of California-San Francisco into improving the outcomes of fetal surgery. (berkshire.com)
  • The goal of this study was to examine, in rats, the impact of maternal Δ9-THC exposure on fetal development, neonatal outcomes, and placental development. (nature.com)
  • In the Pune [ 13 ] and Mysore Parthenon [ 14 ] studies in India, higher maternal plasma B 12 and folate levels at approximately 28-30 weeks of pregnancy were associated with improved offspring cognition, including attention and short-term memory at ages 9-10 years. (medscape.com)
  • In humans, low protein intake by women in late pregnancy has been associated with low birth weight, a marker of risk for obesity and other metabolic disorders later in life (14). (cdc.gov)
  • Increased tryptophan catabolism during pregnancy has been linked to expansion of maternal Tregs. (nih.gov)
  • 2013). Because most studies of maternal alcohol use rely on Alcohol may have indirect effects on the immune system by self-reports, and there remains significant stigma associated increasing the risk of premature birth, which itself is a risk with alcohol use during pregnancy, these findings likely factor for immune-related problems. (nih.gov)
  • Studies in researchers found that the newborns were three times more humans and animals suggest that alcohol does, in fact, affect likely to have a neonatal infection if their mothers drank the developing immune system and leads to increased risk of more than seven drinks per week during pregnancy (Gauthier infection and disease in infants exposed to alcohol in utero. (nih.gov)
  • Some of the clinically and statistically more important risk factors that must be systematically excluded, especially in advancing pregnancy, are pre-eclampsia , abnormal placentation, abnormal fetal presentation and Intrauterine Growth Retardation . (wikidoc.org)
  • In late pregnancy fetal presentation must be established: cepfalic presentation (head first) is the norm but the fetus may present feet-first or buttocks-first ( breech ), side-on (transverse), or at an angle (oblique presentation). (wikidoc.org)
  • The woman is the sole provider of nourishment for the embryo and later, the fetus , and so her plasma and blood volume slowly increase by 40-50% over the course of the pregnancy to accommodate the changes. (wikidoc.org)
  • This includes the effects on pregnancy, fetal development, child development (including growth, sexual maturation, metabolism, socialization, and neurology), and gender-specific aspects of HIV (such as interaction between HIV and female hormones throughout the lifespan, effects on bone, and cervical or breast disease or cancer). (nih.gov)
  • Understanding anti-HIV drug toxicity in pregnancy, in utero , and in infancy. (nih.gov)
  • These findings implicate GLUT1 as a Δ9-THC target and provide a potential mechanism for the fetal growth restriction observed in women who use cannabis during pregnancy. (nature.com)
  • Until there is evidence to absolutely prove that ignoring maternal hyperglycemia when the fetal growth patterns appear normal on the ultrasonogram, it is prudent to achieve and maintain normoglycemia in every pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes. (pdftreatment.com)
  • 1 The fetus accretes ~2 g/kg/day of protein in mid/late pregnancy, but protein accretion decreases rapidly after birth. (bmj.com)
  • Improving lifelong health one pregnancy at a time. (ehd.org)
  • While intrapartum prophylaxis is effective in preventing GBS transmission from the birthing individual to their neonate(s) during labor and delivery, there are no preventative measures that target in utero infections that occur earlier in pregnancy (7). (kenyon.edu)
  • While intrapartum prophylaxis to prevent GBS transmission from the birthing individual to their neonate during labor and delivery has proven to be effective, this preventative measure does not target in utero infections that occur earlier in pregnancy, and little is known about the mechanisms that result in the infection of the amniotic cavity [7] . (kenyon.edu)
  • Fetal programming is a hypothesis that attempts to explain how factors during pregnancy can affect fetuses after birth. (asu.edu)
  • The purpose of this program announcement with a set aside of funds and a Special Emphasis Panel review by the NIH Center for Scientific Review is to stimulate research in an important and emerging area of developmental toxicology: the effects of in utero exposures that cause permanent functional changes that are not overtly, grossly teratogenic yet that result in increased susceptibility to disease/dysfunction later in the life span. (nih.gov)
  • This program announcement seeks to encourage the application of the new high-throughput functional-genomic, metabonomic, proteomic, and bioinformatic technologies to pursue an understanding of these latent effects of in utero environmental insult. (nih.gov)
  • The objective of this study was to examine the effects of in utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dioxins (polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) on thyroid and growth hormone concentrations and growth in 8-year-old children. (nih.gov)
  • This includes determining the long-term effects of early antiretroviral exposure on all aspects of child development, including effects of in utero anti-HIV drug exposure on children exposed to HIV who do not acquire the virus. (nih.gov)
  • Commonly, open neural tube defects are identified antenatally with an abnormal maternal serum alpha-feto-protein test (done at 15-20 weeks gestation) and obstetrical sonography. (nih.gov)
  • The fetal origins hypothesis states that fetal undernutrition in middle to late gestation, which leads to disproportionate fetal growth, programmes later coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • The hypothesis states that coronary heart disease is associated with specific patterns of disproportionate fetal growth that result from fetal undernutrition in middle to late gestation. (bmj.com)
  • The prognosis of fetal PPE is variable, with reports suggesting that almost half remain stable or spontaneously resolve with increasing gestation while the remaining slowly progress. (frontiersin.org)
  • The Center for Fetal Research , the research extension of CHOP's Center for Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment , continues to seek to improve prenatal treatment of MMC through a less invasive approach that would allow for application earlier in gestation, with reduction in maternal and fetal risks, and the potential for reduced neurologic injury. (chop.edu)
  • Tumour the fetus via the maternal circulation utero, but when the reactive metab multiplicity rises to a maximum in must have crossed the placenta, and olites formed in maternal tissues are offspring exposed at approximate consequently are generally referred too unstable to circulate in the mater ly 21 days of gestation, a few days to as transplacental carcinogens. (who.int)
  • Factors that cause a low incidence of tumours in offspring after birth, compared contribute to fetal susceptibility to near the end of gestation, in offspring with the incidence and multiplicity of these agents include maternal, pla that were exposed trans placental y. the same types of tumours in their cental, and fetal metabolism, the im This pattern can be seen in the directly exposed mothers. (who.int)
  • In utero exposure of the fetal non-human primate (NHP) brain to alcohol on a single occasion during early or late third-trimester gestation triggers widespread acute apoptotic death of cells in both gray and white matter (WM) regions of the fetal brain. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cohorts exposed since early gestation had higher BMI and were more likely to be obese at age 18, partly due to warfare exposure and reduced protein intake. (cepr.org)
  • The alveoli develop, multiply, and increase in volume during the alveolar phase from 36 weeks gestation to at least three yeas after birth and continue to increase in volume until lung growth ceases in early adult life. (bmj.com)
  • Platelet-activating factor (PAF) may also have a role in preterm labour and increased levels of PAF in amniotic fluid (up to 44.1 ng/ml, 79.9 nM) before 37 weeks of gestation have been associated with premature labour [ 7 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • 1998. Inhibition of long-term potentiation in developing rat visual cortex but not hippocampus by in utero exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls. (cdc.gov)
  • Intrauterine Growth Retardation is a general designation, where the fetus is smaller than expected when compared to its gestational age (in this case fetal growth parameters show a tendency to drop off from the 50th percentile eventually falling below the 10th percentile, when plotted on a fetal growth chart). (wikidoc.org)
  • Her chest radiographs were consistent with acute respiratory distress syndrome ( Figure , panel A). A follow-up pelvic ultrasound showed death of the fetus in utero, and clinicians conducted a delivery. (cdc.gov)
  • However, despite advances, and regardless of the procedure performed, the threat of rupture of the protective membrane of the amniotic sac in which the fetus floats has been a constant risk to the in utero surgical patient. (futurity.org)
  • Given the critical role of the placenta to transfer oxygen and nutrients from mother, to the fetus, any compromise in the development of fetal-placental circulation significantly affects maternal-fetal exchange and thereby, fetal growth. (nature.com)
  • Experimental fetus or infant than that experienced evidence for susceptibility in utero by the mother. (who.int)
  • ENU during the final week of gestat the rapidly changing patterns of gene In both the fetus and the pregnant ion is approximately 50 times that of expression in fetal target tissues, female rat, the target organ for single the mother. (who.int)
  • In-utero, the fetus receives high intakes of amino acids (AA), and carbohydrates, and relatively lower intakes of lipid than that received from breastmilk. (bmj.com)
  • Ruptures of the fetal membranes, or the sac containing the developing baby, occur when surgeons operate on a fetus. (acs.org)
  • Studies in humans have shown that men and women whose birth weights were at the lower end of the normal range, who were thin or short at birth, or who were small in relation to placental size have increased rates of coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • The programming of blood pressure, insulin responses to glucose, cholesterol metabolism, blood coagulation, and hormonal settings are all areas of active research.The BMJ's recent editorial on the fetal origins hypothesis stated that it rests only on the "very general" proposition that fetal undernutrition causes coronary heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • NOTICE OF LIMITED COMPETITION: SPINA BIFIDA FETAL SURGERY CENTERS Release Date: March 15, 2001 NOTICE: NOT-HD-01-006 National Institute of Child Health and Human Development ( http://www.nichd.nih.gov ) The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) announces the addition of a research program to its existing Maternal Fetal Medicine Unit Network. (nih.gov)
  • This program is designed to evaluate in utero fetal surgery as a treatment for antenatally diagnosed spina bifida in a randomized clinical trial. (nih.gov)
  • 1) However, with developments in the field of fetal imaging, diagnostics, and treatment this number is set to decline with many birth defects becoming correctable in utero , including the life-threatening condition spina bifida. (berkshire.com)
  • The infection in pregnant women often requires hospitalization in an intensive care unit and causes fetal death ( 5 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Studies show that (-)- △ 9-tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC ), the major psychoactive ingredient in cannabis , causes fetal growth restriction, though the mechanisms are not well understood. (nature.com)
  • The first successful fetal decompression operation for hydronephrosis was an open procedure performed in 1981. (medscape.com)
  • Harrison performed the first successful fetal surgery in 1981, to bypass a urethral blockage that might have led to fatal kidney damage. (futurity.org)
  • Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 97(5):F377, 2012 Saksenberg V, Bauch B, Reznik S: Massive acute thymic haemorrhage and cerebral haemorrhage in an intrauterine fetal death. (gov.gy)
  • These fetal membranes are vulnerable at the spots where they are punctured during surgery. (futurity.org)
  • There is a growing awareness that novel materials are needed to seal the fetal membranes after surgical intervention. (futurity.org)
  • We have worried about this problem of fetal membranes leaking and causing pre-term labor and delivery for decades," Harrison says. (futurity.org)
  • But this also punctures the fetal membranes. (acs.org)
  • Our adhesive is many times stronger than fibrin-based tissue sealants, which are already approved for clinical use, but are ineffective for sealing fetal membranes," according to Stewart. (acs.org)
  • Fetal membranes were collected from Caesarean sections at term. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Discs of fetal membranes were cultured for 24 hours in the presence of platelet-activating factor at a dose range of 0.1 nanomolar - 1 micomolar or 1 microgram/ml lipopolysaccharide. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In this model of intrauterine infection, lipopolysaccharide was found to induce iNOS expression by fetal membranes, and this mechanism could be involved in preterm labour. (biomedcentral.com)
  • PAF is a highly potent inflammatory mediator [ 18 ] and has been shown to stimulate the production of prostaglandins from fetal membranes [ 19 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Obesity is linked to in utero exposure to glucocorticoids, protein restrictions, and maternal diet and obesity. (cdc.gov)
  • The literature shows that children born to mothers with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) are at increased risk for the development of obesity in adulthood, it becomes fundamental to study more about the subject. (scirp.org)
  • The number of diabetics is increasing due to population growth and aging, greater urbanization, the progressive prevalence of obesity and sedentary life, as well as the greater survival of patients with DM. (scirp.org)
  • Emerging data suggest that higher protein intakes at this stage may increase the later risk of obesity and abnormal metabolic programming. (bmj.com)
  • Persons aged 2-19 years with overweight or obesity during the prepandemic period experienced significantly higher rates of BMI increase during the pandemic period than did those with healthy weight. (cdc.gov)
  • The protein leverage hypothesis posits that protein leverage explains variation in energy intake and potentially obesity in ecological settings. (researchgate.net)
  • Researchers found a link between maternal obesity from consuming a high-fat, high-sugar diet and an increased risk for pediatric NAFLD. (childrenscolorado.org)
  • Feeding low-protein diets to pregnant rats produces a broad spectrum of disorders in their offspring (7): hypertension and vascular defects (8,9), altered fetal pancreatic development and structure (10), altered glucose tolerance (11), altered liver structure and function (12), altered gene expression (13), and possibly type 2 diabetes mellitus (10). (cdc.gov)
  • Placentas from both mothers showed SARS-CoV-2-nucleocapsid protein and spike glycoprotein 1 in the syncytiotrophoblast, fetal vascular malperfusion, and significantly increased inflammatory and oxidative stress markers pyrin domain containing 1 protein, macrophage inflammatory protein 1 βη, stromal cell-derived factor 1, interleukin 13, and interleukin 10, whereas human chorionic gonadotropin was markedly decreased. (aap.org)
  • However, both animal models and clinical work have demonstrated that in utero repair is possible via maternal-fetal surgery. (nih.gov)
  • An increasing number of these procedures are being done, despite the fact that in utero surgery has not been validated to show improvement over postnatal repair. (nih.gov)
  • The objective is to establish a network of Fetal Surgery units that can, through rigorous patient evaluation using a common protocol, study the required numbers of patients and provide a valid answer more rapidly than individual centers acting alone. (nih.gov)
  • The role of fetal surgery for LUTO was first established after experiments using the fetal lamb, which suggested that resolution of LUTOs improved oligohydramnios and decreased the risk of developing pulmonary hypoplasia. (medscape.com)
  • Fetal surgery, in which anatomical defects are repaired before birth, was unimaginable to most physicians just a few decades ago. (futurity.org)
  • Messersmith and others researchers working on mussel-inspired adhesives for fetal surgery describe recent experiments in the Journal of the Mechanical Behavior of Biomedical Materials . (futurity.org)
  • It's the Achilles heel of fetal surgery. (futurity.org)
  • He used a custom-made catheter to perform that first surgery, and to this day he maintains a research focus on improving tools and techniques used in fetal surgery. (futurity.org)
  • SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 11, 2014 - In creating an adhesive patterned after glue produced by the lowly underwater sandcastle worm, researchers are reporting today that they may have solved the problem of premature births that sometimes result from fetal surgery. (acs.org)
  • There are currently no effective treatments for preventing fetal membrane rupture caused by in utero surgery," says study leader Russell J. Stewart, Ph.D. "Using glue in the fluid-filled uterus is challenging. (acs.org)
  • This results in overall vasodilation , an increase in heart rate (15 beats/min more than usual), stroke volume, and cardiac output . (wikidoc.org)
  • Cardiac output increases by about 50%, mostly during the first trimester. (wikidoc.org)
  • Here, we investigated a cohort of patients who developed myocarditis and/or pericarditis with elevated troponin, B-type natriuretic peptide, and C-reactive protein levels as well as cardiac imaging abnormalities shortly after SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. (bvsalud.org)
  • Administration of captopril tablets results in a reduction of peripheral arterial resistance in hypertensive patients with either no change, or an increase, in cardiac output. (nih.gov)
  • Arsenic increases myocardial infarction mortality in young adulthood, suggesting that exposure during foetal life correlates with cardiac alterations emerging later. (unipv.it)
  • Even at 0.1 μM, ATO leads to reduction and skewed ratio of sarcomeric proteins and to a rarefied distribution of Connexin 43 cardiac junctions. (unipv.it)
  • This study contributes insights into the mechanistic comprehension of cardiac diseases caused by in utero arsenic exposure. (unipv.it)
  • When the researchers control ed syndrome (FAS) and fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD), for race and smoking, infants that were smal for gestational with their developmental, cognitive, and behavioral conse- age (SGA) and whose mothers used any alcohol had a quences, probably are the best known dangers (Bakoyiannis 2.5-fold increased risk of infection. (nih.gov)
  • It is well recognized that alcohol can damage the developing human brain and cause a wide variety of neurodevelopmental disabilities referred to as Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) [ 23 - 25 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Low levels of in utero exposure to PCDD/F+PCB and high indicator PCB levels were significantly associated with reduced serum concentrations of IGFBP-3. (nih.gov)
  • High levels of in utero exposure to PCDD/F+PCB plus either high or low indicator PCB levels were significantly associated with increased serum concentrations of growth hormone, T3, T4, and TBG. (nih.gov)
  • These findings suggest that the level of in utero exposure to PCBs and dioxins may affect serum concentrations of growth hormone, thyroid hormones, TBG, and IGFBP-3 in 8-year-old children. (nih.gov)
  • Serum biochemistry and liver function tests were normal (total protein 43g/l, albumin 29g/l). (ispub.com)
  • The reduction of angiotensin II leads to decreased aldosterone secretion, and, as a result, small increases in serum potassium may occur along with sodium and fluid loss. (nih.gov)
  • Reduced aldosterone secretion by quinapril may result in a small increase in serum potassium. (drugs.com)
  • Indirectly, the diuretic action of hydrochlorothiazide reduces plasma volume, with consequent increases in plasma renin activity, increases in aldosterone secretion, increases in urinary potassium loss, and decreases in serum potassium. (drugs.com)
  • Neurodevelopmental researchers at King's College London now report their study of 661 fetal tissue samples from CoVid infected mothers and 300 tissues from uninfected mothers. (drhowardsmith.com)
  • Increased CO2 in the blood pushes the O2 to our tissues where we need it. (befitbodymind.org)
  • We do want to improve our CO2 tolerance as this will better oxygenate our tissues. (befitbodymind.org)
  • [ 4-6 ] In rodents, choline supplementation in utero changed gene-specific methylation and protein expression, increased cell proliferation, and decreased apoptosis in the fetal hippocampus, the region of the brain associated with memory. (medscape.com)
  • Collectively, this body of evidence raises important questions regarding the role that neuro and oligo apoptosis may play in the human condition known as fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD), and also poses a question whether other apoptogenic drugs, although long considered safe for pediatric/obstetric use, may have the potential to cause iatrogenic FASD-like developmental disability syndromes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • They also function in a diverse set of mechanisms such as calcium hemostasis, cell signaling, regulation of programmed cell death (apoptosis), and biosynthesis of heme proteins that carry oxygen. (asu.edu)
  • In addition, we are studying the effects of gestational hypoxia (during placenta formation) in pregnant guinea pigs on the generation of maternal hypertension, placental pathology and fetal growth restriction, symptoms similar to human preeclampsia. (umaryland.edu)
  • Gestational Δ9-THC exposure resulted in pups born with symmetrical fetal growth restriction, with catch up growth by post-natal day ( PND )21. (nature.com)
  • At least in experimental animals, genetical y modified strains, because on the differential effects of a wide greater susceptibility to chemical in these species the interval between variety of carcinogens in humans at carcinogens in utero and during birth and sexual maturity is only a different stages of life, including var early postnatal life is usual y man few weeks. (who.int)
  • Early life, beginning in utero, represents a critical window of susceptibility,4 and exposures during this time can translate into large effects on risk of cancer in adulthood. (deepdyve.com)
  • 7 What is new is an understanding that some of the body's memories of early undernutrition become translated into pathology-an unsurprising conclusion since numerous experiments in animals have shown that undernutrition for even brief periods in utero leads to persisting changes in blood pressure, cholesterol metabolism, insulin responses to glucose, and in a range of other metabolic, endocrine, and immune parameters. (bmj.com)
  • Several findings suggest that stressor stimuli (e.g. diabetes, nutritional changes) during intrauterine development may promote epigenetic changes, as well as affect mitochondrial metabolism, which may modulate fetal development and predispose to the late development of diseases. (scirp.org)
  • The neonatal course of infants with congenital chylothorax is often complicated with cardiorespiratory failure, need for thoracocentesis, immune dysfunction, slow initiation of feeds, interruptions in feed advancements, re-accumulation of fluid, and malnutrition due to the ongoing loss of protein-rich pleural fluid. (frontiersin.org)
  • C. abortus induces pelvic inflammatory disease in pregnant women and replicates in the trophoblast epithelium, which leads to placental dysfunction and late-term fetal death ( 2 - 4 ). (cdc.gov)
  • Thus, we hypothesize that prenatal hypoxia negatively impacts fetal hearts by generating cytotoxic molecules such as excessive nitric oxide, oxygen free radicals, and peroxynitrite, rendering them vulnerable to metabolic dysfunction in utero and after birth. (umaryland.edu)
  • This article reviews the diagnosis, evaluation, and treatment strategies for fetal urinary tract obstruction. (medscape.com)
  • Improving diagnosis and monitoring of perinatal and pediatric HIV infection and co-infections, especially through assays and strategies that are appropriate for use in developing nations. (nih.gov)
  • Researchers in the division are focused on Maternal-Fetal Medicine research discovering ways to refine diagnosis congenital heart defects using different imaging modalities, trying to discover new biological biomarkers in maternal blood for congenital heart defects. (umaryland.edu)
  • pregnant women without GDM is associated with a graded increase in adverse maternal and fetal outcomes9 The controversy concerning optimal strategy still implying that fetal morbidity starts at a lower maternal continues for the detection and diagnosis of GDM. (pdftreatment.com)
  • A number of prospective American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends two and retrospective studies have substantiated the step procedures for screening and diagnosis of diabetes observation that the frequency of adverse fetal outcome and that too in selective (high risk) population. (pdftreatment.com)
  • In utero rates of calcium accretion during the third trimester cannot be readily achieved. (nih.gov)
  • In newborn preterm infants, AA requirements estimated from third trimester fetal growth are high. (bmj.com)
  • Indirect evidence also indicates that the fraternal birth order effect is prenatal and biological in nature rather than postnatal and psychosocial: The fraternal birth order effect has been confirmed to interact with handedness, as the incidence of homosexuality correlated with an increase in older brothers is seen only in right-handed males. (wikipedia.org)
  • The incidence of brain bleeding in the CoVid infected group was 3.9% compared with an incidence of .04% in the uninfected, a 98 fold increase. (drhowardsmith.com)
  • Studies in experimental incidence and multiplicity of tumours to Wilms tumour in humans - in the animals increase and the latency period de adult rat after perinatal exposure to a creases with increasing dose. (who.int)
  • which may render the genetic mate doses of NDMA is the kidney, but a Transplacental carcinogenesis rial of fetal cells highly accessible to much lower incidence of tumours is stu dies with ENU in nonhuman pri carcinogens. (who.int)
  • However, the marked increase in its incidence, precocity and severity are not yet fully understood. (scirp.org)
  • Abstract Background Incidence rates of colorectal cancer (CRC) are increasing among younger adults and in mid-life, implicating exposures in early life as risk factors. (deepdyve.com)
  • Colorectal cancer, young adult, antimicrobial agent, risk factor Key Messages Incidence rates of colorectal cancer are increasing in younger adults and in mid-life, but the reason for this increase is not known. (deepdyve.com)
  • Biochemical evidence for this hypothesis was identified in 2017, finding mothers with a gay son, particularly those with older brothers, had heightened levels of antibodies to the NLGN4Y Y-protein than mothers with heterosexual sons. (wikipedia.org)
  • RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The underlying scientific hypothesis behind the fetal basis of adult diseases has been developed by epidemiology studies and emphasized by Dr. David Barker in the United Kingdom. (nih.gov)
  • During embryonic life-that is, during the first eight weeks after conception-the body does not increase greatly in size, but the basic human form is laid down in miniature. (bmj.com)
  • However, in humans Thalidomide interfered with embryonic and fetal development in ways not observed in rodent tests. (asu.edu)
  • While prenatal steroids, surfactants, ventilators and improved resuscitation protocols have increased the survival rate of premature infants, there has been little progress in protecting their not fully developed organs from the trauma of life-saving measures at birth, including supplemental oxygen and breathing machines," said Victoria Niklas, M.D., Chief Medical Officer at Oak Hill Bio and former Global Program Lead for OHB-607 at Takeda. (businesswire.com)
  • Leveraging multidisciplinary collaborations between fetal therapists, tissue engineers, stem cell biologists and other experts, our team is working to develop creative solutions to the current challenges in prenatal surgical repair of MMC and to design clinical studies that compare the new technique to the established standard of open fetal surgical repair. (chop.edu)
  • Watanabe M, Li H, Roybal J, Santore M, Radu A, Jo J, Kaneko M, Tabata Y, Flake A. A Tissue Engineering Approach for Prenatal Closure of Myelomeningocele: Comparison of Gelatin Sponge and Microsphere Scaffolds and Bioactive Protein Coatings . (chop.edu)
  • While the famine affected the entire population living in the Western Netherlands, more than 40,000 individuals were exposed in utero, making it a suitable 'natural' experiment to study the consequences of exposure to severe prenatal shocks. (cepr.org)
  • The CHDS provides a unique opportunity to study impacts of early life by linking in-utero exposures with cancers ascertained from a population-based registry.18,19 Materials and methods Study population The CHDS was established in 1959 and recruited nearly all (98%) pregnant women receiving prenatal care from the Kaiser Foundation Health Plan (Oakland, CA) between June 1959 and September 1966, with deliveries through June 1967. (deepdyve.com)
  • In 2011, fetal researcher Vivette Glover published "Annual Research Review: Prenatal Stress and the Origins of Psychopathology: An Evolutionary Perspective," hereafter, "Prenatal Stress and the Origins of Psychopathology," in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. (asu.edu)
  • In collaboration with Michael Harrison, a pediatric surgeon and Professor Emeritus based at UCSF, Messersmith began leveraging his work with 'mussel glue' to perfect 'pre-sealing,' a technique that could radically change the future of fetal surgical intervention. (berkshire.com)
  • While survival rates of pediatric cancer have increased over the years to an 80% survival rate in most cases and 90% for some forms of leukemia, the treatments are still quite toxic. (lu.se)
  • These efforts could include screening by health care providers for BMI, food security, and social determinants of health, increased access to evidence-based pediatric weight management programs and food assistance resources, and state, community, and school resources to facilitate healthy eating, physical activity, and chronic disease prevention. (cdc.gov)
  • Early onset of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a particular concern for these children, increasing the risk for progressive liver disease. (childrenscolorado.org)
  • Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 100(3):F216, 2015 Kaplan M, Bromiker R, Hammerman C: Severe neonatal hyperbilirubinemia and kernicterus: are these still problems in the third millennium Am J Perinatol 23(1):41, 2006 Kirton A, Armstrong-Wells J, Chang T, et al: Symptomatic neonatal arterial ischemic stroke: the International Pediatric Stroke Study. (gov.gy)
  • Embryo-Fetal Toxicity: Can cause fetal harm. (nih.gov)
  • Today, 35 years after the first lifesaving procedure, advances in diagnostic methods, surgical tools, and scientific understanding have led to an ongoing expansion of the number and types of fetal surgeries, and in the number of practitioners performing them. (futurity.org)
  • Over time the balance of fetal surgeries performed has shifted from mostly highly invasive open surgeries, to minimally invasive laparoscopic procedures. (futurity.org)
  • opportunities to safely perform more complex fetal surgeries in the future. (acs.org)
  • A role for fetal intervention was originally proposed in the 1980s, when Harrison et al demonstrated that urinary diversion following obstruction could inhibit the progression of renal parenchymal damage. (medscape.com)
  • Currently, fetal intervention strategies for urinary tract obstruction include vesicoamniotic shunts, which can act as a temporizing measure and provide a survival advantage in a select cohort, and fetal cystoscopy, which is under investigation by multiple groups. (medscape.com)
  • Because UUTO is not currently amenable to fetal intervention, the primary focus of this article is LUTO. (medscape.com)
  • however, animal models have suggested a potential therapeutic role for in-utero intervention. (medscape.com)
  • Messersmith began leveraging his work with 'mussel glue' to perfect 'pre-sealing,' a technique that could radically change the future of fetal surgical intervention. (berkshire.com)
  • In contrast with no intervention, PDA ligation produced a significant increase in the expression of genes involved with pulmonary inflammation ( COX-2 , TNF -α, and CD14 ) and a significant decrease in alpha-ENaC sodium channel expression. (nature.com)
  • Aged or damaged fetal red blood cells are removed from the circulation by reticuloendothelial cells, which convert heme to bilirubin (1 g of hemoglobin yields 35 mg of bilirubin). (msdmanuals.com)
  • free (unconjugated) bilirubin is then reabsorbed from the intestinal tract and re-enters the fetal circulation. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Fetal bilirubin is cleared from the circulation by placental transfer into the mother's plasma following a concentration gradient. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The mechanism is thought to be a maternal immune response to male fetuses, whereby antibodies neutralize male Y-proteins thought to play a role in sexual differentiation during development. (wikipedia.org)
  • A comprehensive knowledge of the mechanisms underlying alcohol's effects on the developing immune system Risk of Alcohol Exposure in Term Infants only will become clear once researchers establish improved methods for identifying newborns exposed to alcohol in utero. (nih.gov)
  • Even after control ing for low mater- can disrupt other areas of fetal development besides the nal income, smoking, and having a baby that was SGA, the brain, including the developing immune system. (nih.gov)
  • The abundance of CoVid spike protein and immune cells fighting the virus found in the fetal brain linings is solid evidence that the virus does infect the developing brain in utero. (drhowardsmith.com)
  • Hsu P, Nanan R. Foetal immune programming: hormones, cytokines, microbes and regulatory T cells. (fucsalud.edu.co)
  • Since these mutations occur in utero and are very hard to study in humans, we used mouse models that express the same genetic mutations to investigate their impact on the blood or hematopoietic system. (lu.se)
  • For normal branching and growth to occur a balance is achieved between factors that cause multiplication of epithelial cells-for example, insulin-like growth factor, epidermal growth factor-and others that inhibit epithelial cell multiplication but increase protein synthesis-for example, transforming growth factor β. (bmj.com)
  • The aim of this study was to test whether platelet-activating factor and lipopolysaccharide were able to induce nitric oxide synthase expression and stimulate the production of nitric oxide in human fetal membrane explants in culture. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To determine if increased rate of fetal loss in TBBPA-exposed pregnant mice is causatively linked to reduced maternal Treg number, we will perform an adoptive transfer study using Tregs from donor Foxp3-GFP mice. (nih.gov)
  • We describe a case of Chlamydia abortus in a woman in rural France who was pregnant, developed severe generalized infection, and suffered fetal loss. (cdc.gov)
  • In utero GBS infections have devastating effects, including preterm birth and mortality in both the pregnant person and their baby [7] . (kenyon.edu)
  • Conclusion Our findings support an association between in-utero exposure to long-acting sulfonamides and CRC in adulthood. (deepdyve.com)
  • A concerted statewide effort to facilitate such implementation has strong potential to increase access to evidence-based treatment for infants and mothers. (stanford.edu)
  • Offspring of obese macaque mothers fed a Western-style diet had increased periportal fibrosis, indicating that fibrogenesis begins in utero and persists for at least one year. (childrenscolorado.org)
  • Male offspring of female rats with a history of fetal exposure to glucocorticoids also exhibit low birth weight and glucose intolerance - a multigenerational effect (6). (cdc.gov)
  • Recently, our work has focused on the impact of intrauterine hypoxia on the fetal cardiovascular system and the prolonged consequences of cardiovascular programming in the offspring. (umaryland.edu)
  • Further, we have reported that mitochondrial function in hypoxic fetal hearts is impaired, which is sustained in the offspring. (umaryland.edu)
  • We examined the association between in-utero exposure to antibiotics and risk of CRC in adult offspring. (deepdyve.com)
  • Results Of 18 751 liveborn offspring, about 15% (n = 2635) were exposed in utero to antibiotics: 5.4% (n = 1016) to tetracyclines, 4.9% (n = 918) to penicillins, 4.2% (n = 785) to short-acting sulfonamides and 1.5% (n = 273) to long-acting sulfonamides. (deepdyve.com)
  • In this prospective study of more than 18 000 mother-child dyads, in-utero exposure to long-acting sulfonamides increased risk of colorectal cancer in adult offspring. (deepdyve.com)
  • To investigate whether in utero liver fibrosis persisted in 1-year-old offspring, those exposed to WSD or CD were switched to or continued CD at 6 months old. (childrenscolorado.org)
  • Chronic arsenic exposure is associated with increased morbidity and mortality for cardiovascular diseases. (unipv.it)
  • In addition to malnutrition, environmental exposures present during in utero development can have profound influences on fetal growth. (nih.gov)
  • While understanding of AA physiology in utero in humans remains limited, the existing data combined with animal studies suggest that up to half of all transplacental AA are oxidised rather than accreted, in other words, AA supply is far greater than protein demands. (bmj.com)
  • Although long-acting sulfonamides are no longer routinely prescribed in humans, their continued presence as environmental pollutants raise the possibility that long-term exposure may also increase risk of colorectal cancer. (deepdyve.com)
  • Available data indicate that vitamin D deficiency may also limit in utero fetal bone mineral accumulation. (nih.gov)
  • We have discovered, using a chronically hypoxic guinea pig model, that hypoxic fetal hearts exhibit inflammation, remodeling and nitrosative and oxidative stress, which can be reversed by maternal administration of antioxidants and a nitric oxide synthase inhibitor. (umaryland.edu)
  • Animal models indicate that exposure to choline in utero improves visual memory through cholinergic transmission and/or epigenetic mechanisms. (medscape.com)
  • Thiazides affect the renal tubular mechanisms of electrolyte reabsorption, directly increasing excretion of sodium and chloride in approximately equivalent amounts. (drugs.com)
  • Most of the supporting studies in this area have concentrated on grossly altered nutrition in utero and its striking influence on multiple aspects of adult health and disease risk. (nih.gov)
  • The concept of fetal programming of structural-functional formations during development has been proposed to explain these findings and the resultant research area is referred to as "Fetal Basis of Adult Disease" (FeBAD) research. (nih.gov)
  • Long-term neurodevelopmental sequelae are a potential concern in neonates following in utero exposure to severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus disease 2 (SARS-CoV-2). (aap.org)
  • Growth in utero, blood pressure in childhood and adult life, and mortality from cardiovascular disease. (fucsalud.edu.co)
  • Effect of in utero and early-life conditions on adult health and disease. (fucsalud.edu.co)
  • E19.5 placentas from Δ9-THC-exposed pregnancies exhibited a phenotype characterized by increased labyrinth area, reduced Epcam expression (marker of labyrinth trophoblast progenitors), altered maternal blood space, decreased fetal capillary area and an increased recruitment of pericytes with greater collagen deposition, when compared to vehicle controls. (nature.com)
  • Patients with mild HPA do not need treatment, but during the weaning period they should undergo close clinical and biochemical follow-up for assessment of the need to control protein intake. (chemistryviews.org)
  • Improve access and flexibility of clinical research services and facilities to meet study and patient needs. (umaryland.edu)
  • Platelet-activating factor may have a role in the initiation of labour, at term or preterm, via the increased local production of nitric oxide as an inflammatory mediator. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In utero infections by vaginal microorganisms, such as GBS, are a significant cause of preterm birth and stillbirth. (kenyon.edu)
  • The transition from life in utero to life outside the womb involves multiple changes in physiology and function. (msdmanuals.com)
  • The use of fortifiers designed for human-milk-fed infants or specially designed high-mineral-containing formulas allows for bone mineral accretion at or near in utero rates. (nih.gov)
  • Thereafter, term born infants receive a protein intake (from breastmilk) that is far lower than almost every other mammal. (bmj.com)
  • there is scope for increasing breastfeeding when recommended, skin-to-skin care, and rooming-in.We found systematic gaps in care for infants with NAS in a sample of California birth hospitals, as well as opportunities to spread best practices. (stanford.edu)
  • Most children with mild malnutrition respond to increased oral caloric intake and supplementation with vitamin, iron, and folate supplements. (medscape.com)
  • The requirement for increased protein is met typically by increasing the food intake. (medscape.com)
  • BACKGROUND: Protein leverage (PL), the phenomenon of food consuming until absolute intake of protein meets a target value, regardless of shortfall or overconsuming for other nutrients in the diet and total energy intake (TEI). (researchgate.net)
  • Background/Objectives The strong regulation of protein intake can lead to overconsumption of total energy on diets with a low proportion of energy from protein, a process referred to as protein leverage. (researchgate.net)
  • At present, no strong evidence exists showing that improving maternal calcium or vitamin D status has a long-term positive effect on childhood bone mass. (nih.gov)
  • Evidence has been presented in human populations that gross, heavy exposure to PM10 air pollution containing carcinogenic PAHs can be correlated with increased IUGR with a peak impact in the earlier portion of the first trimester - a most vulnerable period of the cell lineage expansion, differentiation, and cell interactions events of organogenesis and first growth. (nih.gov)
  • The deceased infant's brain showed evidence of SARS-CoV-2 by immunofluorescence, with colocalization of the nucleocapsid protein and spike glycoprotein around the nucleus as well as within the cytoplasm. (aap.org)
  • This review will specifically discuss the impacts of maternal dietary energy and protein on bull and ram growth, development, and reproductive capacity in later life. (mdpi.com)
  • In order to test whether or not increased expression of GBS virulence genes promotes the invasion of amniotic epithelium, Whidbey et al. (kenyon.edu)
  • Oak Hill's lead therapeutic candidate, OHB-607 (formerly TAK-607), is a proprietary, recombinant version of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), the natural version of which is a key driver of fetal growth and development in utero, and its binding protein, IGFBP-3. (businesswire.com)
  • In conclusion, maternal exposure to Δ9-THC effectively compromised fetal growth, which may be a result of the adversely affected labyrinth zone development. (nature.com)
  • The concept "fetal programming" shows who still in the intrauterine life, can interfere in factors related to the genesis and development of diseases in childhood, adolescence and adult life. (scirp.org)
  • The term fetal programming refers to the process by which a stimulus or insult, when occurring in the critical period of development, has permanent effects on the structure and functions of the organism. (scirp.org)
  • Therefore, we hypothesized that there may be a protein that acts as a tumor inhibitor during these early stages of life, preventing the development of leukemia. (lu.se)
  • Physical factors also influence airway development, which is adversely affected by conditions such as oligohydramnios and reduced fetal breathing movements. (bmj.com)
  • Girls exposed to high PCB levels had significantly lower IGF-binding protein-3 (IGFBP-3) concentrations than girls exposed to low levels (P = 0.038). (nih.gov)
  • Increased concentrations of bradykinin or prostaglandin E 2 may also have a role in the therapeutic effect of captopril tablets. (nih.gov)
  • Ibuprofen-treatment has no effect on the expression of genes that regulate pulmonary inflammation but does increase the expression of alpha-ENaC (the transepithelial sodium channel that is critical for alveolar water clearance). (nature.com)
  • Although ligation eliminates the PDA, it does not improve pulmonary mechanics or increase alveolar surface area. (nature.com)
  • Surfactant recovered by alveolar wash from most mammals contains 70-80% phospholipids, 8-10% protein, and 10% neutral lipids, primarily cholesterol. (medscape.com)
  • the remaining proteins are derived from alveolar exudate. (medscape.com)
  • This column explores how several co-occurring severe in-utero shocks during the Dutch Hunger Winter at the end of WWII affected adolescence health. (cepr.org)
  • J Matern Fetal Neonatal Med 29(1):36, 2016 Gazzin S, Tiribelli C: Bilirubin-induced neurological damage. (gov.gy)