Plasma concentrations of B-type na-triuretic peptide (BNP), a 32-amino acid peptide hormone secreted by the myocardium, increase in response to myocardial stretch or strain (1, 2). On secretion, proBNP, the storage form of BNP, is cleaved into the inactive N-terminal proBNP (NT-proBNP) and the endocrinologi-cally active BNP. In patients with heart failure, plasma BNP concentrations are related ...

Although early exposure to environmental pollutants may have important toxicological consequences, the mechanisms of transplacental transfer of synthetic musks are still not well understood. The objective of the present study was to learn the musk contaminations in three matrices, including maternal blood, umbilical cord blood, and breast milk; and investigate their placental transfer mechanism...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to evaluate the osteogenic potential of human umbilical cord blood-derived osteoprogenitor cells and to prove its applicability as a promising candidate for cell-based therapeutics for bone repair. METHODS Primary cultures of human umbilical blood cord adherent cells were expanded in vitro until passage 2 and seeded for osteodifferentiation study. Morpholog...

conclusions since wetting of umbilical cord during tub bathing delays the separation of umbilical cord, sponge bathing is recommended for newborns until the umbilical cord falls off. results the time of separation of umbilical cord in babies who were given sponge bathing (6.1 ± 1.4) was shorter compared to those given tub bathing (8.3 ± 2.5) (p < 0.005). patients and methods this quasi-experime...

Papaevangelou, G., Kremastinou, T., Prevedourakis, C., and Kaskarelis, D. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 936. Hepatitis B antigen and antibody in maternal blood, cord blood, and amniotic fluid. Transplacental transmission of hepatitis B virus from hepatitis B antigen carrier mothers was investigated by studying the presence of the antigen and its antibody in maternal blood, umbil...

background: umbilical cord tissue is a very rich source of mesenchymal stem cells. instead of discarding this source we are banking the tissue along with cord blood for possible future cell based applications. the cord tissue needs to be transported and stored properly in order for it to be good enough for cell isolation at a later date. in this paper we have carried out a validation study to d...

Accurately measuring hormone exposure during prenatal life presents a methodological challenge and there is currently no "gold standard" approach. Ideally, circulating fetal hormone levels would be measured at repeated time points during pregnancy. However, it is not currently possible to obtain fetal blood samples without significant risk to the fetus, and therefore surrogate markers of fetal ...

Umbilical cord blood was previously considered a waste product. It is now used to treat variety of diseases. the that remains after childbirth in placenta and attached umbilical cord. Cord collected because stem cells found it can be hematopoietic genetic disorders. The study aimed see how effective video-assisted teaching on collection for cell therapy among antenatal women. A quasi-experiment...

Papaevangelou, G., Kremastinou, T., Prevedourakis, C., and Kaskarelis, D. (1974). Archives of Disease in Childhood, 49, 936. Hepatitis B antigen and antibody in maternal blood, cord blood, and amniotic fluid. Transplacental transmission of hepatitis B virus from hepatitis B antigen carrier mothers was investigated by studying the presence of the antigen and its antibody in maternal blood, umbil...

Congenital umbilical cord hernia is fairly common in infants and it is rarely associated with other anomalies. Sometimes, large umbilical cord hernia is confused with Small omphaloceles. We report an unusual case of umbilical cord hernia associated with patent vitello-intestinal duct (PVID), and Meckel's diverticulum underwent surgery and discharged with good general condition.