The EDGE

Editor's Focus

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 173; 10.1038/pr.2017.135

Letters to the Editor

Ductus arteriosus: gene profile for fetal maturation versus postnatal closure

Flavio Coceani, Francesca Scebba and Debora Angeloni

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 174; advance online publication, June 14, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.124

Response to Coceani et al.

Ravi Goyal and Ronald I Clyman

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 175; advance online publication, June 14, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.125

Validity and reliability of three-dimensional scanning compared to conventional anthropometry for children and adolescents: methodological mistake

Siamak Sabour

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 176; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.73

Response to Sabour

Fabian Glock, Markus Scholz, Andreas Kuehnapfel and Wieland Kiess

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 177; advance online publication, June 21, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.76

Commentaries

Growth and development in late-preterm infants: what can public policy do?

Scott C Denne, Shale L Wong and Paul J Chung

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 178-179; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.62

Policy solutions to recruiting and retaining minority children in research

Jean L Raphael, K Casey Lion and Cynthia F Bearer Pediatric Policy Council

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 180-182; advance online publication, June 7, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.119

Early career investigator—August issue

Simone S Schüller

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 183; advance online publication, June 21, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.132

Review Articles

Detection and assessment of brain injury in the growth-restricted fetus and neonate

Atul Malhotra, Michael Ditchfield, Michael C Fahey, Margie Castillo-Melendez, Beth J Allison, Graeme R Polglase, Euan M Wallace, Ryan Hodges, Graham Jenkin and Suzanne L Miller

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 184-193; advance online publication, May 17, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.37

Neonatal resuscitation in global health settings: an examination of the past to prepare for the future

Beena D Kamath-Rayne, Sara K Berkelhamer, Ashish KC, Hege L Ersdal and Susan Niermeyer

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 194-200; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.48

Research Articles

POPULATION STUDY

Peripubertal dietary flavonol and lignan intake and age at menarche in a longitudinal cohort of girls

Nancy A Mervish, Susan L Teitelbaum, Ashley Pajak, Gayle C Windham, Susan M Pinney, Lawrence H Kushi, Frank M Biro and Mary S Wolff on behalf of the Breast Cancer and Environment Research Programs

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 201-208; advance online publication, June 14, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.34

Body composition at birth and height at 2 years: a prospective cohort study among children in Jimma, Ethiopia

Bitiya Admassu, Jonathan C K Wells, Tsinuel Girma, Gregers S Andersen, Victor Owino, Tefera Belachew, Kim F Michaelsen, Mubarek Abera, Rasmus Wibaek, Henrik Friis and Pernille Kæstel

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 209-214; advance online publication, June 7, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.59

TRANSLATIONAL INVESTIGATION

Pentoxifylline modulates LPS-induced hyperinflammation in monocytes of preterm infants in vitro

Simone S Schüller, Lukas Wisgrill, Elisabeth Herndl, Andreas Spittler, Elisabeth Förster-Waldl, Kambis Sadeghi, Boris W Kramer and Angelika Berger

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 215-225; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.41

Metabolism-related microRNAs in maternal breast milk are influenced by premature delivery

Molly C Carney, Andrij Tarasiuk, Susan L DiAngelo, Patricia Silveyra, Abigail Podany, Leann L Birch, Ian M Paul, Shannon Kelleher and Steven D Hicks

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 226-236; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.54

Development of tandem mass spectrometry-based creatinine measurement using dried blood spot for newborn mass screening

Masaru Nakano, Osamu Uemura, Masataka Honda, Tetsuya Ito, Yoko Nakajima and Shinji Saitoh the Japan Study Group for Kidney Disease in Young Children in conjunction with the Committee of Measures for Pediatric CKD of the Japanese Society for Pediatric Nephrology

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 237-243; advance online publication, May 17, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.56

Beyond the uterine environment: a nonhuman primate model to investigate maternal–fetal and neonatal outcomes following chronic intrauterine infection

Meredith A Kelleher, Zheng Liu, Xiaojie Wang, Christopher D Kroenke, Lisa A Houser, Brandy L Dozier, Lauren D Martin, Ken B Waites, Cindy McEvoy, Robert L Schelonka and Peta L Grigsby

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 244-252; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.57

Application of high-resolution array comparative genomic hybridization in children with unknown syndromic microcephaly

Eirini Tsoutsou, Maria Tzetis, Krinio Giannikou, Maria Braoudaki, Anastasis Mitrakos, Stella Amenta, Nikoletta Selenti, Emmanouil Kanavakis, Dimitrios Zafeiriou, Sophia Kitsiou-Tzeli and Helena Fryssira

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 253-260; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.65

Glucocorticoid receptor expression on circulating leukocytes in healthy and asthmatic adolescents in response to exercise

Kim D Lu, Dan Cooper, Fadia Haddad, Frank Zaldivar, Monica Kraft and Shlomit Radom-Aizik

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 261-271; advance online publication, June 21, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.66

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Pediatric Cushing disease: disparities in disease severity and outcomes in the Hispanic and African-American populations

Alexandra Gkourogianni, Ninet Sinaii, Sharon H Jackson, Alexander S Karageorgiadis, Charalampos Lyssikatos, Elena Belyavskaya, Margaret F Keil, Mihail Zilbermint, Prashant Chittiboina, Constantine A Stratakis and Maya B Lodish

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 272-277; advance online publication, May 17, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.58

Early growth faltering in post-institutionalized youth and later anthropometric and pubertal development

Brie M Reid, Bradley S Miller, Lorah D Dorn, Christopher Desjardins, Bonny Donzella and Megan Gunnar

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 278-284; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.35

Prepubertal children born large for gestational age have lower serum DHEAS concentrations than those with a lower birth weight

Henrikki Nordman, Raimo Voutilainen, Leena Antikainen and Jarmo Jääskeläinen

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 285-289; advance online publication, May 17, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.44

Caffeine to improve breathing effort of preterm infants at birth: a randomized controlled trial

Janneke Dekker, Stuart B Hooper, Jeroen J van Vonderen, Ruben S G M Witlox, Enrico Lopriore and Arjan B te Pas

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 290-296; advance online publication, May 17, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.45

Neonatal outcomes of moderately preterm infants compared to extremely preterm infants

Michele C Walsh, Edward F Bell, Sarah Kandefer, Shampa Saha, Waldemar A Carlo, Carl T D'angio, Abbot R Laptook, Pablo J Sanchez, Barbara J Stoll, Seetha Shankaran, Krisa P Van Meurs, Noah Cook, Rosemary D Higgins, Abhik Das, Nancy S Newman, Kurt Schibler, Barbara Schmidt, C Michael Cotten, Brenda B Poindexter, Kristi L Watterberg and William E Truog for the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Neonatal Research Network

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 297-304; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.46

CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Body composition at birth and its relationship with neonatal anthropometric ratios: the newborn body composition study of the INTERGROWTH-21^st project OPEN

José Villar, Fabien A Puglia, Tanis R Fenton, Leila Cheikh Ismail, Eleonora Staines-Urias, Francesca Giuliani, Eric O Ohuma, Cesar G Victora, Peter Sullivan, Fernando C Barros, Ann Lambert, Aris T Papageorghiou, Roseline Ochieng, Yasmin A Jaffer, Douglas G Altman, Alison J Noble, Michael G Gravett, Manorama Purwar, Ruyan Pang, Ricardo Uauy, Stephen H Kennedy and Zulfiqar A Bhutta for the International Fetal and Newborn Growth Consortium for the 21^st Century (INTERGROWTH-21^st)

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 305-316; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.52

Growth pattern and final height of very preterm vs. very low birth weight infants

Jonneke J Hollanders, Sylvia M van der Pal, Paula van Dommelen, Joost Rotteveel and Martijn J J Finken on behalf of the Dutch POPS-19 Collaborative Study Group

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 317-323; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.63

Factors affecting the cognitive profile of 11-year-old children born very preterm

Anna Nyman, Tapio Korhonen, Petriina Munck, Riitta Parkkola, Liisa Lehtonen and Leena Haataja on behalf of the PIPARI Study Group

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 324-332; advance online publication, May 24, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.64

Predictive factors for achieving independent walking in children with Guillain-Barre syndrome

Mohammad Barzegar, Vahideh Toopchizadeh, Mohammad H K Maher, Paria Sadeghi, Fatemeh Jahanjoo and Alireza Pishgahi

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 333-339; advance online publication, May 17, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.67

BASIC SCIENCE INVESTIGATION

Low birth weight is associated with impaired murine kidney development and function

Christina Barnett, Oluwadara Nnoli, Wasan Abdulmahdi, Lauren Nesi, Michael Shen, Joseph A Zullo, David L Payne, Tala Azar, Parth Dwivedi, Kunzah Syed, Jonathan Gromis, Mark Lipphardt, Edson Jules, Eric L Maranda, Amy Patel, May M Rabadi and Brian B Ratliff

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 340-348; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.53

Natriuretic peptide C receptor in the developing sheep lung: role in perinatal transition

Bobby Mathew, Christopher A D'Angelis, Satyan Lakshminrusimha, Peter A Nickerson, June J Sokolowski, Vasantha H S Kumar, Huamei Wang, Karen A Wynn, Bruce A Holm and Rita M Ryan

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 349-355; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.40

Gestational hyperglycemia reprograms cardiac gene expression in rat offspring

Lara Lehtoranta, Anna Koskinen, Olli Vuolteenaho, Jukka Laine, Ville Kytö, Hanna Soukka, Eeva Ekholm and Juha Räsänen

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 356-361; advance online publication, May 31, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.42

Timing of developmental reduction in epithelial glutathione redox potential is associated with increased epithelial proliferation in the immature murine intestine

Graham K Reid, Andrew J Berardinelli, Laurie Ray, Arena R Jackson, Andrew S Neish, Jason M Hansen and Patricia W Denning

Pediatr Res 2017 82: 362-369; advance online publication, June 7, 2017; 10.1038/pr.2017.49