Paediatrics Publications
Research in The Department of Paediatrics at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry is divided into eighteen areas of focus. These areas include cardiology, child development, critical care medicine, endocrinology/diabetes, genetics/metabolics, infectious disease, and neurology.
Submissions from 2016
Inhibition of Rac1 reduces store overload-induced calcium release and protects against ventricular arrhythmia, Lili Zhang, Xiangru Lu, Le Gui, Yan Wu, Stephen M. Sims, Guoping Wang, and Qingping Feng
Foxo1 plays an important role in regulating β-cell compensation for insulin resistance in male mice, Ting Zhang, Dae Hyun Kim, Xiangwei Xiao, Sojin Lee, Zhenwei Gong, Radhika Muzumdar, Virtu Calabuig-Navarro, Jun Yamauchi, Hideyoshi Harashima, Rennian Wang, Rita Bottino, Juan Carlos Alvarez-Perez, Adolfo Garcia-Ocaña, George Gittes, and H. Henry Dong
Biallelic hypomorphic mutations in a linear deubiquitinase define otulipenia, an early-onset autoinflammatory disease, Qing Zhou, Xiaomin Yu, Erkan Demirkaya, Natalie Deuitch, Deborah Stone, Wanxia Li Tsai, Hye Sun Kuehn, Hongying Wang, Dan Yang, Yong Hwan Park, Amanda K. Ombrello, Mary Blake, Tina Romeo, Elaine F. Remmers, Jae Jin Chae, James C. Mullikin, Ferhat Güzel, Joshua D. Milner, Manfred Boehm, Sergio D. Rosenzweig, Massimo Gadina, Steven B. Welch, Seza Özen, Rezan Topaloglu, Mario Abinun, Daniel L. Kastner, and Ivona Aksentijevich
Submissions from 2015
Regulation of postnatal pancreatic Pdx1 and downstream target genes after gestational exposure to protein restriction in rats, Awatif M. Abuzgaia, Daniel B. Hardy, and Edith Arany
Pathways to first-episode care for psychosis in African-, Caribbean-, and European-origin groups in Ontario, Kelly K. Anderson, Nina Flora, Manuela Ferrari, Andrew Tuck, Suzanne Archie, Sean Kidd, Taryn Tang, Laurence J. Kirmayer, and Kwame McKenzie
Commentary on Excerpts from Never Let Me Go, Shannon Arntfield
Krt19+/Lgr5- Cells Are Radioresistant Cancer-Initiating Stem Cells in the Colon and Intestine, Samuel Asfaha, Yoku Hayakawa, Ashlesha Muley, Sarah Stokes, Trevor A. Graham, Russell E. Ericksen, Christoph B. Westphalen, Johannes Von Burstin, Teresa L. Mastracci, Daniel L. Worthley, Chandhan Guha, Michael Quante, Anil K. Rustgi, and Timothy C. Wang
Pregnant women's navigation of information on everyday household chemicals: Phthalates as a case study, Justin M. Ashley, Alexandra Hodgson, Sapna Sharma, and Jeff Nisker
Cardiac troponin-I, brain natriuretic peptide and endothelin-1 levels in a rat model of doxorubicin-induced cardiac injury, Erman Atas, Erol Kismet, Vural Kesik, Baki Karaoglu, Gokhan Aydemir, Nadir Korkmazer, Erkan Demirkaya, Yildirim Karslioglu, Neval Yurttutan, Bulent Unay, Vedat Koseoglu, and Erdal Gokcay
In Response, Francois Audibert, Emmanuel Bujold, Anne Marie Côté, M. Joanne Douglas, Genevieve Eastabrook, Tabassum Firoz, Paul Gibson, Andrée Gruslin, Jennifer Hutcheon, Gideon Koren, Ian Lange, Line Leduc, Alexander G. Logan, Karen L. MacDonell, Jean Marie Moutquin, Ilana Sebbag, Laura A. Magee, Anouk Pels, Michael Helewa, Evelyne Rey, and Peter Von Dadelszen
Visits to rheumatologists for arthritis: The role of access to primary care physicians, geographic availability of rheumatologists, and socioeconomic status, Elizabeth M. Badley, Mayilee Canizares, Anna C. Gunz, and Aileen M. Davis
Tick bites in the Lyme light, M. Barton-Forbes, E. Leonard, L. R. Lindsay, J. M. Langley, J. K. Koffi, and N. H. Ogden
BCL11A deletions result in fetal hemoglobin persistence and neurodevelopmental alterations, Anindita Basak, Miroslava Hancarova, Jacob C. Ulirsch, Tugce B. Balci, Marie Trkova, Michal Pelisek, Marketa Vlckova, Katerina Muzikova, Jaroslav Cermak, Jan Trka, David A. Dyment, Stuart H. Orkin, Mark J. Daly, Zdenek Sedlacek, and Vijay G. Sankaran
Attenuation of oxidative stress in HEK 293 cells by the TCM constituents schisanhenol, baicalein, resveratrol or crocetin and two defined mixtures, John R. Bend, Xue Yan Xia, Daofeng Chen, Abudi Awaysheh, Andrea Lo, Michael J. Rieder, and R. Jane Rylett
Canine pluripotent stem cells: Are they ready for clinical applications?, Dean H. Betts and Ian C. Tobias
Community perspectives on food insecurity and obesity: Focus groups with caregivers of metis and Off-reserve first nations children, Jasmin Bhawra, Martin J. Cooke, Rhona Hanning, Piotr Wilk, and Shelley L.H. Gonneville
Parents' perception of stroller use in young children: A qualitative study, Catherine S. Birken, Bradley Lichtblau, Talia Lenton-Brym, Patricia Tucker, Jonathon L. Maguire, Patricia C. Parkin, and Sanjay Mahant
Psychological interventions for vaccine injections in children and adolescents: Systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials, Kathryn A. Birnie, Christine T. Chambers, Anna Taddio, C. Meghan McMurtry, Melanie Noel, Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Vibhuti Shah, N. E. MacDonald, J. Rogers, L. Bucci, E. Lang, P. Mousmanis, S. A. Halperin, S. Bowles, C. Halpert, M. Ipp, M. Rieder, K. Robson, G. J.G. Asmundson, E. Uleryk, M. Antony, D. Alexander, M. Appleton, V. Dubey, A. Hanrahan, and D. Lockett
The TREAT-NMD DMD global database: Analysis of more than 7,000 duchenne muscular dystrophy mutations, Catherine L. Bladen, David Salgado, Soledad Monges, Maria E. Foncuberta, Kyriaki Kekou, Konstantina Kosma, Hugh Dawkins, Leanne Lamont, Anna J. Nicolson, Christie L. Burton, and Jennifer Crosbie
Simple psychological interventions for reducing pain from common needle procedures in adults: Systematic review of randomized and quasi-randomized controlled trials, Katelynn E. Boerner, Kathryn A. Birnie, Christine T. Chambers, Anna Taddio, C. Meghan McMurtry, Melanie Noel, Vibhuti Shah, Rebecca Pillai Riddell, N. E. MacDonald, J. Rogers, L. Bucci, P. Mousmanis, E. Lang, S. A. Halperin, S. Bowles, C. Halpert, M. Ipp, G. J.G. Asmundson, M. Rieder, K. Robson, E. Uleryk, M. M. Antony, V. Dubey, A. Hanrahan, D. Lockett, and J. Scott
The clinical application of genome-wide sequencing for monogenic diseases in Canada: Position statement of the Canadian College of medical geneticists, Kym Boycott, Taila Hartley, Shelin Adam, Francois Bernier, Karen Chong, Bridget A. Fernandez, Jan M. Friedman, Michael T. Geraghty, Stacey Hume, Bartha M. Knoppers, Anne Marie Laberge, Jacek Majewski, Roberto Mendoza-Londono, M. Stephen Meyn, Jacques L. Michaud, Tanya N. Nelson, Julie Richer, Bekim Sadikovic, David L. Skidmore, Tracy Stockley, Sherry Taylor, Clara van Karnebeek, Ma'n H. Zawati, Julie Lauzon, and Christine M. Armour
Erratum: Predictive Low-Glucose insulin suspension reduces duration of nocturnal hypoglycemia in children without increasing ketosis (Diabetes Care (2015) 38 (1197-1204)), Bruce A. Buckingham, Dan Raghinaru, Fraser Cameron, B. Wayne Bequette, H. Peter Chase, David M. Maahs, Robert Slover, R. Paul Wadwa, Darrell M. Wilson, Trang Ly, Tandy Aye, Irene Hramiak, Cheril Clarson, Robert Stein, Patricia H. Gallego, John Lum, Judy Sibayan, Craig Kollman, and Roy W. Beck
Predictive low-glucose insulin suspension reduces duration of nocturnal hypoglycemia in children without increasing ketosis, Bruce A. Buckingham, Dan Raghinaru, Fraser Cameron, B. Wayne Bequette, H. Peter Chase, David M. Maahs, Robert Slover, R. Paul Wadwa, Darrell M. Wilson, Trang Ly, Tandy Aye, Irene Hramiak, Cheril Clarson, Robert Stein, Patricia H. Gallego, John Lum, Judy Sibayan, Craig Kollman, and Roy W. Beck
Pregnancy risks in women with pre-existing coronary artery disease, or following acute coronary syndrome, Luke J. Burchill, Heleen Lameijer, Jolien W. Roos-Hesselink, Jasmine Grewal, Titia P.E. Ruys, Julia D. Kulikowski, Laura A. Burchill, M. A. Oudijk, Rachel M. Wald, Jack M. Colman, Samuel C. Siu, Petronella G. Pieper, and Candice K. Silversides
Hair epilation versus surgical excision as primary management of pilonidal disease in the pediatric population, Andreana Bütter, Melissa Hanson, Lisa VanHouwelingen, Neil Merritt, and Jamie Seabrook