Circulating Neurotrophin Levels In The Perinatal Period Of Intrauterine Growth Restricted Fetuses And Neonates At Term

2006 ◽  
Vol 210 (S 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Malamitsi-Puchner ◽  
KE Nikolaou ◽  
E Economou ◽  
M Boutsikou ◽  
T Boutsikou ◽  
...  
2006 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ariadne Malamitsi-Puchner ◽  
Theodora Boutsikou ◽  
Emmanuel Economou ◽  
Anastasia Tzonou ◽  
Evangelos Makrakis ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 210 (S 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Malamitsi-Puchner ◽  
KE Nikolaou ◽  
E Economou ◽  
M Boutsikou ◽  
T Boutsikou ◽  
...  

2004 ◽  
Vol 56 (3) ◽  
pp. 493-493
Author(s):  
A Malamitsi-Puchner ◽  
T Boutsikou ◽  
E Economou ◽  
Z Iliodromiti ◽  
E Kouskouni ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 17 (7) ◽  
pp. 653-658 ◽  
Author(s):  
Despina D. Briana ◽  
Dimitrios Gourgiotis ◽  
Stavroula Baka ◽  
Maria Boutsikou ◽  
Venetia-Maria Vraila ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Vol 210 (S 5) ◽  
Author(s):  
A Malamitsi-Puchner ◽  
KE Nikolaou ◽  
E Economou ◽  
M Boutsikou ◽  
T Boutsikou ◽  
...  

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 21-26
Author(s):  
Anton D. Yuditskiy ◽  
Tatyana V. Kovalenko ◽  
Irina N. Petrova

Aim. To study the perinatal features and sickness rate of newborns of different gestation age with intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR). Materials and methods. Group 1 (n = 82) included newborns with gestation age boarders 3236 weeks, group 2 (n = 120) full-term newborns with gestation age 3740 weeks. Characteristic features of anamnesis, gestation period and labor were evaluated; clinical and laboratory-instrumental investigations were performed. Results. Early hypoglycemia during the first hours of life was registered in 46.3% of premature newborns with IUGR and in 26.7 % of full-term newborns (p 0.01), transitory hypocalcaemia in 13.4 and 20.0 %, respectively. In patients of group 1 chronic intrauterine fetal hypoxia (25.7 %) (p 0.05), intranatal asphyxia (40.2 %) (p 0.05), respiratory distress-syndrome at early neonatal period (34.1 %) (p 0.01) were registered more often. During the neonatal period, no differences in frequency and character of perinatal nervous system lesions were detected in the examined groups. Conclusions. Thus, there were obtained the proofs of significant influence of gestation age on the course of perinatal period, character and severity of pathological states in newborns with IUGR.


2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Miguel A. Zarate ◽  
Robyn K. De Dios ◽  
Durganili Balasubramaniyan ◽  
Lijun Zheng ◽  
Laura G. Sherlock ◽  
...  

Intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) is a relevant predictor for higher rates of neonatal sepsis worldwide and is associated with an impaired neonatal immunity and lower immune cell counts. During the perinatal period, the liver is a key immunological organ responsible for the nuclear factor kappa B (NF-κB)-mediated innate immune response to inflammatory stimuli, but whether this role is affected by IUGR is unknown. Herein, we hypothesized that the newborn liver adapts to calorie-restriction IUGR by inducing changes in the NF-κB signaling transcriptome, leading to an attenuated acute proinflammatory response to intraperitoneal lipopolysaccharide (LPS). We first assessed the hepatic gene expression of key NF-κB factors in the IUGR and normally grown (NG) newborn mice. Real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis revealed an upregulation of both IκB proteins genes (Nfkbia and Nfkbib) and the NF-κB subunit Nfkb1 in IUGR vs. NG. We next measured the LPS-induced hepatic expression of acute proinflammatory genes (Ccl3, Cxcl1, Il1b, Il6, and Tnf) and observed that the IUGR liver produced an attenuated acute proinflammatory cytokine gene response (Il1b and Tnf) to LPS in IUGR vs. unexposed (CTR). Consistent with these results, LPS-exposed hepatic tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) protein concentrations were lower in IUGR vs. LPS-exposed NG and did not differ from IUGR CTR. Sex differences at the transcriptome level were observed in the IUGR male vs. female. Our results demonstrate that IUGR induces key modifications in the NF-κB transcriptomic machinery in the newborn that compromised the acute proinflammatory cytokine gene and protein response to LPS. Our results bring novel insights in understanding how the IUGR newborn is immunocompromised due to fundamental changes in NF-κB key factors.


2020 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 727-733
Author(s):  
D O Ivanov ◽  
K G Shevtsova ◽  
K E Moiseeva ◽  
Sh D Harbedia

Aim. To assess the results of a perinatal audit of the Northwestern Federal District and to identify opportunities for a decrease in perinatal mortality. Methods. The audit of perinatal loss was conducted in two stages: (1) remote audit audit of perinatal mortality indicators; (2) medical history audit audit of cases of perinatal death of a child based on medical documentation. Held the copy of the data from the 925 medical records for 220 cases of perinatal death. The perinatal audit of the Northwestern Federal District used the Nordic-Baltic perinatal death classification. The following statistical methods were used for statistical data processing: incidence rate of a trait was determined by using frequency tables, the statistical significance of differences was tested by using contingency tables, the Chi-square criterion, along with the Pearson correlation coefficient. The statistical significance of differences in quantitative indicators was assessed by using Student's t-Test. The significance level was set at p 0.05. Results. It was found that in the Northwestern Federal District pregnancy losses III category of the Nordic-Baltic classification (gestational age newborn, more than 28 weeks, without congenital malformations and intrauterine growth restriction) is 27.5%, intranatal losses VI category of the Nordic-Baltic classification (gestational age newborn, more than 28 weeks, without congenital malformations and intrauterine growth restriction) 7.4%, the loss of newborns VIIIXI category of the Nordic-Baltic classification (gestational age newborn, more than 28 weeks, without congenital malformations and intrauterine growth restriction) 16.9%. Among children who died during the perinatal period, children of gestational age over 28 weeks significantly predominate (p=0.003). In the nosological structure of stillbirth, most of the diseases are associated with respiratory disorders (85.9%), infectious complications are 14.1%. The main causes of death of newborns in the early neonatal period are respiratory disorders 40.0% and infectious diseases specific to the perinatal period 36.0%. The assessment of the sexual prevalence of pregnancy losses did not reveal a statistically significant difference (p=0.29). The assessment of the sexual characteristics of intranatal losses showed that boys significantly predominate (p=0.003). Conclusion. The perinatal audit revealed that, in the Northwestern Federal District, the level of the mobile reserve of perinatal losses associated with managed causes is 51.8%.


Author(s):  
K.C. Feng-Chen ◽  
F.B. Essien ◽  
K.J. Prestwidge ◽  
J.T. Cheng ◽  
C.L. Shen

The physiology of the fetal heart differs significantly from that of the mature post-natal organ: e.g., the metabolic supply for adult cardiac contraction relies mainly on fatty acids; whereas, the fetal heart uses carbohydrates as its primary energy source. Limited morphological descriptions of the developing myocardium have appeared. However, additional studies are required to elucidate the ultrastructural changes occuring in the perinatal period when enormous physiological adjustments are made. Although adult animals are most often used in toxocological and pathological analyses, it is also important to investigate fetal cardiac responsiveness to various agents. The vulnerability of the ultrastructure of the fetal mouse myocardium to genetic and environmental assault is the subject of this report. The genetically determined effect on the heart was observed in mouse embryos homozygous for the cab (cardiac abnormality) mutation discovered by Essien.


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