Thirty years ago, there was an emerging appreciation for the significance of oxidative stress
in newborn disease. This prompted a renewed interest in the impact of oxygen therapy for …

Intestinal inflammatory diseases, such as Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and necrotizing
enterocolitis, are becoming increasingly prevalent. While knowledge of the pathogenesis of …

OBJECTIVE. The goal was to investigate the efficacy of orally administered probiotics in
preventing necrotizing enterocolitis for very low birth weight preterm infants. METHODS. A …

Necrotizing enterocolitis is an inflammatory bowel disease of neonates with significant
morbidity and mortality in preterm infants. Due to the multifactorial nature of the disease and …

Objectives. To evaluate the relationship between the severity of necrotizing enterocolitis
(NEC) and circulating concentrations of proinflammatory cytokines interleukin (IL)-1β and IL …

Oxygen is important to the human body. Cell survival and operations depend on oxygen.
When the body becomes hypoxic, it affects the organs, tissues and cells and can cause …

Background: The goal was to identify cytokines associated with necrotizing enterocolitis
(NEC). Based on our earlier reports of decreased tissue expression of transforming growth …

The purpose of this study was to determine an association between packed red blood cell
(PRBC) transfusions for anemia and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in a subset of stable …

Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: an overview : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases
Neonatal necrotizing enterocolitis: an overview : Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases Log in …

NF-κB has multiple, often opposing functions in the intestine. Antiapoptotic actions of NF-κB
in intestinal epithelial cells dominate tissue responses to many acute inflammatory and …