2022
Duration of noninvasive respiratory support and risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death
Gentle S, Carper B, Laughon M, Jensen E, Williams A, Travers C, Ambalavanan N, Lal C, Carlo W. Duration of noninvasive respiratory support and risk for bronchopulmonary dysplasia or death. Journal Of Perinatology 2022, 42: 454-460. PMID: 35034096, PMCID: PMC9007818, DOI: 10.1038/s41372-021-01269-2.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNoninvasive respiratory supportDuration of noninvasive respiratory supportBronchopulmonary dysplasiaRespiratory supportAssociated with bronchopulmonary dysplasiaDevelopment of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaRetrospective study of infantsStudy of infantsPreterm infantsWeeks gestationPropensity score matchingNoninvasive supportMedian durationRetrospective studyPotential confoundersIllness severityScore matchingInfantsPropensity scoreGestationDysplasiaDeathDurationAssociationPreterm
2021
MicroRNA 219-5p inhibits alveolarization by reducing platelet derived growth factor receptor-alpha
Freeman A, Qiao L, Olave N, Rezonzew G, Gentle S, Halloran B, Pryhuber G, Gaggar A, Tipple T, Ambalavanan N, Lal C. MicroRNA 219-5p inhibits alveolarization by reducing platelet derived growth factor receptor-alpha. Respiratory Research 2021, 22: 57. PMID: 33596914, PMCID: PMC7891005, DOI: 10.1186/s12931-021-01654-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlatelet-derived growth factor receptor alphaGrowth factor receptor alphaBronchopulmonary dysplasiaPDGFR-AReceptor alphaDevelopment of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaPathogenesis of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaModel of bronchopulmonary dysplasiaExtremely preterm neonatesInhibited alveolar developmentMiR-219Lungs of infantsPulmonary epithelial cellsProspective cohort studyBPD mouse modelGenome-wide analysis studiesHuman infant lungsExposure to hyperoxiaRegulation of alveolarizationIn situ hybridizationPreterm infantsPreterm neonatesTerm infantsNormoxia controlLevel of miR-219