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ArticleCardiology in the young2016

Glial fibrillary acidic protein as a biomarker for brain injury in neonatal CHD.

Stephanie L McKenney, Fahad F Mansouri, Allen D Everett, Ernest M Graham, Irina Burd, Priya Sekar

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Article in Cardiology in the young, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
3.9field-weighted citation impact, top 7% of its field
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 15 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Stephanie L McKenney1Department of Pediatrics,Division of Neonatology,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America.
Fahad F Mansouri2Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America.
Allen D Everett2Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America.
Ernest M Graham3Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics,Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America.
Irina Burd3Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics,Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America.
Priya Sekar2Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology,Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,Baltimore,Maryland,United States of America.
Johns Hopkins Medicine · USJohns Hopkins University · US

Funding

Institute for Clinical and Translational ResearchUL1TR001079 · NCATS · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI FORD, DANIEL ERNEST · 2013 to 2017
$60.1M
Translational Neuroscience CoreU54HD079123 · NICHD · HUGO W. MOSER RES INST KENNEDY KRIEGER · PI VALLE, DAVID · 2014 to 2019
$7.9M
IL-1beta regulation of perinatal brain injuryK08HD073315 · NICHD · JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY · PI BURD, IRINA · 2012 to 2016
$684k
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR001079NICHD NIH HHS K08 HD073315NICHD NIH HHS U54 HD079123
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Neonates with critical CHD have evidence, by imaging, of preoperative brain injury, although the timing is unknown. We used circulating postnatal serum glial fibrillary acidic protein as a measure of acute perinatal brain injury in neonates with CHD. Glial fibrillary acidic protein was measured on admission and daily for the first 4 days of life in case and control groups; we included two control groups in this study - non-brain-injured newborns and brain-injured newborns. Comparisons were performed using the Kruskal-Wallis test with Dunn's multiple comparisons, Student's t-test, and χ2 test of independence where appropriate. In aggregate, there were no significant differences in overall glial fibrillary acidic protein levels between CHD patients (n=56) and negative controls (n=23) at any time point. By day 4 of life, 7/56 (12.5%) CHD versus 0/23 (0%) normal controls had detectable glial fibrillary acidic protein levels. Although not statistically significant, the 5/10 (50%) left heart obstruction group versus 1/17 (6%) conoventricular, 0/13 (0%) right heart, and 1/6 (17%) septal defect patients trended towards elevated levels of glial fibrillary acidic protein at day 4 of life. Overall, glial fibrillary acidic protein reflected no evidence for significant peripartum brain injury in neonates with CHD, but there was a trend for elevation by postnatal day 4 in neonates with left heart obstruction. This pilot study suggests that methods such as monitoring glial fibrillary acidic protein levels may provide new tools to optimise preoperative care and neuroprotection in high-risk neonates with specific types of CHD.

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AdultBiomarkersBrain InjuriesCase-Control StudiesFemaleGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinHeart Defects, CongenitalHumansInfant, NewbornMalePilot ProjectsUltrasonographyBiomarkersGlial Fibrillary Acidic ProteinCHDGlial fibrillary acidic proteinneurological injury

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PMID26786018
PMCPMC4956580
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