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Incremental predictive value of platelet parameters for preeclampsia: results from a large prospective cohort study

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2023
Background Platelet parameters during pregnancy were associated with the risk of preeclampsia (PE), but the predictive value of these parameters for PE remained unclear.
Shan-Shan Lin   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Parental divorce in childhood does not independently predict maternal depressive symptoms during pregnancy

open access: yesBMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2020
Background This study sought to investigate if parental divorce in childhood increases the risk for depressive symptoms in pregnancy. Methods Women were recruited during their ultrasound screening in gestational week (gwk) 12.
Elviira Porthan   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Distinct H3K27me3 and H3K27ac Modifications in Neural Tube Defects Induced by Benzo[a]pyrene

open access: yesBrain Sciences, 2023
The pathological mechanisms of neural tube defects (NTDs) are not yet fully understood. Although the dysregulation of histone modification in NTDs is recognized, it remains to be fully elucidated on a genome-wide level.
Shanshan Lin   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index is associated with newborn offspring hypothalamic mean diffusivity: a prospective dual-cohort study

open access: yesBMC Medicine, 2023
Background An extensive body of animal literature supports the premise that maternal obesity during pregnancy can alter the development of the fetal hypothalamus (HTH, a critical regulator of energy balance) with implications for offspring obesity risk ...
Jerod M. Rasmussen   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Birth weight changes in a major city under rapid socioeconomic transition in China

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2017
Estimates of trends in birth weight may be useful in evaluating population health. We aimed to determine whether temporal changes in birth weight have occurred amongst 2.3 million neonates born in Guangzhou, China, during 2001–2015 and investigate the ...
Jian-Rong He   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sleep during infancy, inhibitory control and working memory in toddlers: findings from the FinnBrain cohort study

open access: yesSleep Science and Practice, 2021
Background Sleep difficulties are associated with impaired executive functions (EFs) in school-aged children. However, much less is known about how sleep during infancy relates to EF in infants and toddlers.
Isabel Morales-Muñoz   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Association Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Infant Neurodevelopment: A Comparison Before and During COVID-19

open access: yesFrontiers in Pediatrics, 2021
Aim: To investigate the association between the experience of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and neurodevelopment of 6-month-old and 1-year-old children and explore the differences in the association by birth order.Methods: This ...
Peiyuan Huang   +24 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infant and Child MRI: A Review of Scanning Procedures

open access: yesFrontiers in Neuroscience, 2021
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a safe method to examine human brain. However, a typical MR scan is very sensitive to motion, and it requires the subject to lie still during the acquisition, which is a major challenge for pediatric scans ...
Anni Copeland   +26 more
doaj   +1 more source

Identification of functional and diverse circulating cancer‐associated fibroblasts in metastatic castration‐naïve prostate cancer patients

open access: yesMolecular Oncology, EarlyView.
Cancer‐associated fibroblasts (CAFs) promote cancer growth, invasion (metastasis), and drug resistance. Here, we identified functional and diverse circulating CAFs (cCAFs) in patients with metastatic prostate cancer (mPCa). cCAFs were found in higher numbers and were functional and diverse in mPCa patients versus healthy individuals, suggesting their ...
Richell Booijink   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Early life vitamin D status and asthma and wheeze: a systematic review and meta-analysis

open access: yesBMC Pulmonary Medicine, 2018
Background Vitamin D deficiency has been linked to an increased risk of asthma. This study aimed to quantify the effect of early life vitamin D status on asthma and wheeze later in life.
Song-Ying Shen   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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