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All rights reserved. For permissions, please email [email protected] nitrogen (N) acquired mainly in forms of nitrate and ammonium from soil dominates growth and development, and high-yield crop production relies heavily on N fertilization. The mechanisms of root adaptation to altered supply of N forms and concentrations have been well characterized and reviewed, while reports concerning effects of N on the architecture of vegetative and reproductive organs are limited and are widely dispersed in the literature. In this review, we summarize the nitrate and amino acid regulation of shoot branching, flowering and panicle development, as well as the N regulation of cell division and expansion in shaping the plant architecture mainly in cereal crops. The basic regulatory steps involving the N supply to control the plant architecture are auxin-, cytokinin-, and strigolactone-controlled cell division in shoot apical meristem and gibberellin-controlled inverse regulation of shoot height and tillering. In addition, transport of amino acids has been shown to be involved in control of shoot branching. The N supply may alter the time and duration of the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth phases, which may in turn affect cereal crop architecture, particularly the structure of panicles for grain yield. Thus, properly manipulating N-regulated architecture can increase the crop yield and N use efficiency. © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Society for Experimental Biology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email [email protected] Poor sleep is common for children during cancer treatment, but there is limited understanding of the nature of children's sleep throughout the treatment trajectory. The current exploratory study used an explanatory sequential mixed method approach to examine quantitative associations among sleep problems in children with cancer, parental behavior, and children's sleep hygiene, with follow-up qualitative characterizations of children's sleep across cancer treatment stages. PROCEDURE Eighty parents of children with cancer (aged 2-10 years; in active treatment, maintenance treatment, or off treatment) completed an online survey querying the child's sleep quality (Sleep Disturbance Scale for Children-Disorders of Initiating and Maintaining Sleep subscale) and behaviors (Child Sleep Hygiene Scale) and sleep-related parenting behaviors (Parental Sleep Strategies). A subsample (n = 17 parents) participated in qualitative interviews to better characterize the processes of children's sleep and parents' sleeain in the US.BACKGROUND The purpose of this research study was to evaluate the earliest markers of vocal functioning and neurological development in infants with isolated oral cleft of the lip and/or palate (iCL/P). METHODS Participants were recruited through advertisements and clinic visits at a local mid-western university. A total of eight participants (four unaffected and four with iCL/P), ranging in age from 7.29 to 11.57 weeks, were enrolled and completed demographic and pre-speech measures. A subset of six males (four unaffected and two with iCL/P) successfully completed a structural magnetic resonance imaging scan. RESULTS Patterns of disrupted vocal control and reduced myelinated white matter were found in participants with iCL/P. CONCLUSIONS The findings of this study provide a foundation from which to build further research on the neuronal development of infants with oral clefts the need to evaluate measures of cortical development, inclusion of information on anesthesia exposure and airway obstruction, and suggestions for avoiding identified pitfalls/blocks to obtaining data are discussed. Oltipraz IMPACT Research in children with isolated oral clefts has demonstrated higher rates of learning disorders connected to subtle differences in brain structure.There is no work evaluating the potential impact of exposure to anesthesia on development.This is the first known attempt to evaluate brain structure and function in infants with isolated oral clefts before exposure to anesthesia.Potential trends of early vocal issues and structural brain differences (less myelinated white matter) were identified in infants with isolated oral clefts compared to unaffected controls.Differences in brain structure and function in infants with isolated oral clefts may be present before surgery.BACKGROUND To investigate whether the YAP/TAZ (Yes-associated protein/transcriptional coactivator with PDZ binding motif) pathway contributes to the pathogenesis of lymphatic malformations (LMs). METHODS YAP, TAZ, CTGF (connective tissue growth factor), and Ki-67 were detected in LMs by immunohistochemistry. The colocalization of YAP and Ki-67 was analyzed by double immunofluorescence. Pearson's correlation and cluster analyses were performed to analyze the relationships between these proteins. Human dermal lymphatic endothelial cells (HDLECs) were used for mechanistic investigation. Rat models of LMs were established to investigate the role of the YAP pathway in LM development. RESULTS Compared with those in normal skin, the expression levels of YAP, TAZ, CTGF, and Ki-67 were significantly upregulated in lymphatic endothelial cells (LECs) of LMs. Interestingly, YAP and CTGF presented much higher expression levels in infected LMs. In experiments in vitro, lipopolysaccharide (LPS) enhanced the expression of YAthe YAP signaling pathway could promote regression of the lesions.Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by age-inappropriate symptoms of inattention, impulsivity, and hyperactivity that persist into adulthood in the majority of the diagnosed children. Despite several risk factors during childhood predicting the persistence of ADHD symptoms into adulthood, the genetic architecture underlying the trajectory of ADHD over time is still unclear. We set out to study the contribution of common genetic variants to the risk for ADHD across the lifespan by conducting meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies on persistent ADHD in adults and ADHD in childhood separately and jointly, and by comparing the genetic background between them in a total sample of 17,149 cases and 32,411 controls. Our results show nine new independent loci and support a shared contribution of common genetic variants to ADHD in children and adults. No subgroup heterogeneity was observed among children, while this group consists of future remitting and persistent individuals.
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