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MHID-1698660PMID: 354927052022Frontiers in Psychiatry
Noriyoshi Usui, Kazumasa Matsumoto-Miyai, Yoshihisa Koyama, Yuki Kobayashi, Yukiko Nakamura, Hikaru Kobayashi, et al.
Maternal immune activation (MIA) is triggered by infection or autoimmune predisposition during pregnancy, and cytokines produced by MIA are transmitted through the placenta to the fetal brain, implicating at the onset risks and vulnerability for developmental and psychiatric disorders, such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and schizophrenia. To address these kinds of problem in child health, we h
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MHID-3829449PMID: 345024082021International Journal of Molecular Sciences
Mayo Miura, Kenji Imai, Hiroyuki Tsuda, Rika Miki, Sho Tano, Yumiko Ito, et al.
Oxidative stress plays a pathological role in pulmonary hypoplasia and pulmonary hypertension in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH). This study investigated the effect of molecular hydrogen (H2), an antioxidant, on CDH pathology induced by nitrofen. Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into three groups: control, CDH, and CDH + hydrogen-rich water (HW). Pregnant dams of CDH + HW pups were orally ad
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MHID-6216976PMID: 267090142016Free radical biology & medicine
Imai K, Kotani T, Tsuda H, Mano Y, Nakano T, Ushida T, et al.
Exposure to inflammation in utero is related to perinatal brain injury, which is itself associated with high rates of long-term morbidity and mortality in children. Novel therapeutic interventions during the perinatal period are required to prevent inflammation, but its pathogenesis is incompletely understood. Activated microglia are known to play a central role in brain injury by producing a vari
