Objective:To evaluate the correlation between glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase(G6PD) deficiency and neonatal jaundice.Methods:Prospective,observational case-control study was conducted on 490 newborns admitted to Hos...Objective:To evaluate the correlation between glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase(G6PD) deficiency and neonatal jaundice.Methods:Prospective,observational case-control study was conducted on 490 newborns admitted to Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre for phototherapy, who all experienced 35 or more weeks of gestation,from March to December 2007.Enzymatic screening of G6PD activity was performed,followed by PCR.Results:There was prevalence of 4.6% and a boy-girl ratio of 3:1 in jaundiced newborns.No jaundiced neonate with ABO incompatibility presented G6PD deficiency,and no Mediterranean mutation was found.A higher proportion of deficiency was observed in Afro-descendants.There was no association with UGT1A1 variants. Conclusions:G6PD deficiency is not related to severe hyperbilirubinemia and considering the high miscegenation in this area of Brazil,other gene interactions should be investigated.展开更多
This short report describes a model for international collaboration on perinatal health that is innovative,highly-productive and challenging. The model,funded by the U.S. March of Dimes Foundation and entitled the &...This short report describes a model for international collaboration on perinatal health that is innovative,highly-productive and challenging. The model,funded by the U.S. March of Dimes Foundation and entitled the 'March of Dimes Global Network for Maternal and Infant Health(GNMIH)' ,allows developing country experts to more easily share their knowledge,experience,skills and materials in ways that can improve women's,maternal,newborn and child health in lower-income countries. This report begins with a brief description of the March of Dimes and its Global Programs which oversees the GNMIH. It then discusses the structure of the GNMIH,with an emphasis on the benefits and challenges of working within the network,and concludes with a brief description of the acti-vities of network members.展开更多
Adult derived mononuclear bone marrow cells are a good alternative as cell therapy. These cells are capable of significantly improve survival rate of Wistar rats with acetaminophen (APAP) induced acute liver failure i...Adult derived mononuclear bone marrow cells are a good alternative as cell therapy. These cells are capable of significantly improve survival rate of Wistar rats with acetaminophen (APAP) induced acute liver failure in ten days. However, long term of cell therapy is not deeply studied in the literature. Here, we report an extramedullary hematopoiesis process derived from transplanted mononuclear bone marrow cells in the liver of rats 10 days after APAP injection. This result indicates that liver maintains an adequate microenvironment for the occurrence of extramedullary hematopoiesis process. The consequence of this finding deserves more studies.展开更多
基金Supported by FIPE.CnPq.Capes-Reuni and the Postgraduate Program of UFRGS
文摘Objective:To evaluate the correlation between glucose-6-phosphate-dehydrogenase(G6PD) deficiency and neonatal jaundice.Methods:Prospective,observational case-control study was conducted on 490 newborns admitted to Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre for phototherapy, who all experienced 35 or more weeks of gestation,from March to December 2007.Enzymatic screening of G6PD activity was performed,followed by PCR.Results:There was prevalence of 4.6% and a boy-girl ratio of 3:1 in jaundiced newborns.No jaundiced neonate with ABO incompatibility presented G6PD deficiency,and no Mediterranean mutation was found.A higher proportion of deficiency was observed in Afro-descendants.There was no association with UGT1A1 variants. Conclusions:G6PD deficiency is not related to severe hyperbilirubinemia and considering the high miscegenation in this area of Brazil,other gene interactions should be investigated.
文摘This short report describes a model for international collaboration on perinatal health that is innovative,highly-productive and challenging. The model,funded by the U.S. March of Dimes Foundation and entitled the 'March of Dimes Global Network for Maternal and Infant Health(GNMIH)' ,allows developing country experts to more easily share their knowledge,experience,skills and materials in ways that can improve women's,maternal,newborn and child health in lower-income countries. This report begins with a brief description of the March of Dimes and its Global Programs which oversees the GNMIH. It then discusses the structure of the GNMIH,with an emphasis on the benefits and challenges of working within the network,and concludes with a brief description of the acti-vities of network members.
文摘Adult derived mononuclear bone marrow cells are a good alternative as cell therapy. These cells are capable of significantly improve survival rate of Wistar rats with acetaminophen (APAP) induced acute liver failure in ten days. However, long term of cell therapy is not deeply studied in the literature. Here, we report an extramedullary hematopoiesis process derived from transplanted mononuclear bone marrow cells in the liver of rats 10 days after APAP injection. This result indicates that liver maintains an adequate microenvironment for the occurrence of extramedullary hematopoiesis process. The consequence of this finding deserves more studies.
