The neuroendocrine system is most active at birth and may play a role in the transition from fetal to postnatal life, in particular in the lungs' transition from fluid secretion to fluid absorption.

Background Early-life inflammation has long been recognised as a key pathophysiological process in the evolution of cystic ...

[24] The median prevalence of placental malaria detected by placental histology between 1993 and 2009 in ten different studies was 33.2% (range: 17.2–52.5% [29]). Through histological ...

Efficacy measures were ipsilateral pulmonary vascular and airway morphometry, micro-CT-based branching analysis, Doppler flow in the main pulmonary artery and postnatal lung mechanics. Results Fetal ...

The lung is a complex and highly specialized organ that comprises more than 40 cell types that offer several region-specific roles. During organogenesis, the lung goes through sequential and ...

Background: Maternal obesity significantly influences fetal development and health later in life; however, the molecular mechanisms behind it remain unclear. This study aims to investigate signature ...

This includes a lack of investigations into the role of ST products in infant lung function and limited studies on infant respiratory health outcomes. Nicotine crosses the placental barrier, and fetal ...

This intrauterine stress, by increasing fetal corticosteroid and thyroid hormones, may account for enhanced lung maturity. Predictions of neonatal course need to be based on more comprehensive ...

Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is a severe lung condition that can affect new borns ... Among infants that weighed 1201–1500 g, the incidence was as low as 7%.12 Fetal growth restriction is commonly ...

Accumulating evidence has indicated that a hypo-editing (editing deficiency) phenotype is found in brain tumours and tumour tissues, such as prostate, lung, kidney and testis ... supplemented with 10% ...

SFTs appear to upregulate an overwhelming number of homeotic transcription factors as we showed, perhaps suggesting that the tumor mass may originate from a corrupted developmental process from ...