Do elevated umbilical cord serum TARC/CCL17 levels predict the development of atopic dermatitis in infancy?
These findings suggest that the umbilical cord blood CCL17 may be involved in the pathogenesis of infantile AD and in fetomaternal inheritance. Serum levels of CCL17 from umbilical cord blood may be a predictive marker for AD in infancy.
These data indicate that neonatal alcohol exposure produces permanent changes in the circadian regulation of the rat activity rhythm and its entrainment to LD cycles. These long-term alterations in circadian behavior, along with the developmental alcohol-induced changes in SCN endogenous rhythmicity, may have important implications in clinical sleep-wake disturbances observed in neonates, children, and adults exposed to alcohol in utero.