September 2012 Update
This month's Journal Watch prepared by Dafydd Thomas, M.D., Ph.D.
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Fuchs DA, et al. Developmental differences in megakaryocyte size in infants and children. Am J Clin Pathol. 2012; 138:140-145. PMID: 22706869.
McDonald SA, et al. Comprehensive genomic studies. Am J Clin Pathol. 2012; 138:31-41. PMID: 22706855.
Bielle F, et al PHOX2B immunolabeling: A novel tool for the diagnosis of undifferentiated neuroblastomas among childhood small round blue-cell tumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012; 36(8):1141-1149. PMID: 22790854.
Park HJ, et al. Use of the JL1 epitope, which encompasses the nonglycosylation site of CD43, as a marker of immature/neoplastic Langerhans cells. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 Aug;36(8):1150-1157. PMID: 22790855.
Terry J, et al Immunohistochemical expression of CRX in extracranial malignant small round cell tumors. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012; 36(8):1165-1169. PMID: 22790857.
Bishop JA, et al. NUT midline carcinomas of the sinonasal tract. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012; 36(8):1216-1221. PMID: 22534723.
Evans AG, et al. Pathologic characteristics of NUT Midline carcinoma arising in the mediastinum Am J Surg Pathol. 2012; 36(8):1222-1227. PMID: 22790861.
Dufour C, et al. Clinicopathologic prognostic factors in childhood atypical teratoid and rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system : a multicenter study. Cancer. 2012; 118(15): 3812-3821. PMID: 22180295.
Korkolopoulou P, et al. Phosphorylated 4E-binding protein 1 (p-4E-BP1): a novel prognostic marker in human astrocytomas. Histopathology. 2012; 61(2):293-305. PMID: 22690797.
Chimenti C, et al. Cardiac and skeletal myopathy in Fabry disease: a clinicopathologic correlative study. Hum Pathol. 2012; 43(9):1444-1452. PMID: 22406371.
Dunsmore KP, et al. Pilot study of nelarabine in combination with intensive chemotherapy in high-risk T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2012; 30(22):2753-2759. PMID: 22734022.
Alos N, et al. high incidence of vertebral fractures in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia 12 months after the initiation of therapy. J Clin Oncol. 2012; 30(22): 2760-2767. PMID: 22734031.
Holtzman MJ. Asthma as a chronic disease of the innate and adaptive immune systems responding to viruses and allergens. J Clin Invest. 2012; 122(8):2471-2478. PMID: 22850884.
Lee RS, et al. A remarkably simple genome underlies highly malignant pediatric rhabdoid cancers. J Clin Invest. 2012; 122(8) 2983-2988. PMID: 22797305.
Galeotti C, et al. Sustained remission of multicentric castleman disease in children treated with Tocilizumab, an anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody. Mol Cancer Ther. 2012; 11:1623-1626. PMID: 22638145.
Amorim DM, et al. Fcγ receptor gene polymorphisms in childhood immune thrombocytopenic purpura. J Ped Hematol Oncol. 2012; 34(5): 349-352. PMID: 22713706.
Corona-Rivera A, et al. A translocation t(5;15)(q15;q11-13) infant case with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and literature review: prognosis implications. J Ped Hematol Oncol. 2012; 34(5): 368-371. PMID: 22395215.
Ikeda T, et al. A marked decrease in CD4-positive lymphocytes at the onset of hepatitis in a patient with hepatitis-associated aplastic anemia. J Ped Hematol Oncol. 2012; 34(5):375-377. PMID: 22246160.
Fujiki A, et al. Quantitative RT-PCR analysis of the MOZ-CBP fusion transcript in therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia with t(8;16)(p11;p13). J Ped Hematol Oncol. 2012; 34(5):402-405. PMID: 22278196.
Guimaraes EV, et al. Prevalence of hyponatremia at diagnosis and factors associated with the longitudinal variation in serum sodium levels in infants with cystic fibrosis. J Pediatr. 2012; 161(2):285-289. PMID: 22404954.
Kong A, et al. Rate of de novo mutations and the importance of father's age to disease risk. Nature. 2012; 488(7412):471-475. PMID: 22914163.
Schmidt D. Telepathology support in the diagnosis of solid tumors of childhood. A successful international model. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012; 59(2):207-208. PMID: 22345020.
Santiago TC, et al. Improving the histopathologic diagnosis of pediatric malignancies in a low-resource setting by combining focused training and telepathology strategies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012; 59(2):221-225. PMID: 22315236.
Redlich A, et al. Sensitivity of fine-needle biopsy in detecting pediatric differentiated thyroid carcinoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012; 59(2):233-237. PMID: 22184105.
Dubrovsky L, et al. Analysis of pediatric autologous PBSC apheresis and transplant: Age is a major factor affecting post-transplant toxicity. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012; 59(2):301-305. PMID: 22180259.
Cost NG, et al. TP53 codon 72 polymorphisms in favorable histology Wilms tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012; 59(2):326-328. PMID: 22052810.
   
  July 2012 Update
This month's Journal Watch prepared by Jason Jarzembowski, M.D., Ph.D.
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Harris ML, et al. Recent Iowa trends in sudden unexpected infant deaths: the importance of public health collaboration with medical examiners' offices. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2012;33:113-118. PubMed PMID: 20938328.
Ali, SA, et al. Does hypernatremia cause subdural hematoma in children?: two case reports and a meta-analysis of the literature. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2012;33:132-136. PubMed PMID: 22083079.
Zhao J, et al. Loss of Msx2 function down-regulates the FoxE3 expression and results in anterior segment dysgenesis resembling Peters anomaly. Am J Pathol. 2012;180(6):2230-2239. PubMed PMID: 22503753.
Jain A, et al. Endothelin-1 induces endoplasmic reticulum stress by activating the PLC-IP3 pathway: implications for placental pathophysiology in preeclampsia. Am J Pathol. 2012;180(6):2309-2320. PubMed PMID: 22503784.
Zhu J, et al. Down-regulation of miR-183 promotes migration and invasion of osteosarcoma by targeting ezrin. Am J Pathol. 2012;180(6):2440-2451.PubMed PMID: 22525461.
Wiesner T, et al. A distinct subset of atypical Spitz tumors is characterized by BRAF mutation and loss of BAP1 expression. Am J Surg Pathol. 36(6):818-830. PubMed PMID: 22367297.
Ramani P, et al. Podoplanin lymphatic density and invasion correlate with adverse clinicopathologic and biological factors and survival in neuroblastomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 36(6):908-915. PubMed PMID: 22588067.
Kawai T, et al. Frequent somatic mosaicism of NEMO in T cells of patients with X-linked anhidrotic ectodermal dysplasia with immunodeficiency. Blood. 2012;119:5458-5466.PubMed PMID: 22517901.
Spunt SL, et al. The clinical, research, and social value of autopsy after any cancer death : A perspective from the Children's Oncology Group Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Cancer. 2012;118(12):3002-3009. PubMed PMID: 22006470.
Choy E, et al. High-throughput genotyping in osteosarcoma identifies multiple mutations in phosphoinositide-3-kinase and other oncogenes. Cancer. 2012;118(11):2905-2914. PubMed PMID: 22006429.
Malempati S, Hawkins DS. Rhabdomyosarcoma: Review of the Children's Oncology Group (COG) soft-tissue Sarcoma committee experience and rationale for current COG studies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012;59(1):5-10. PubMed PMID: 22378628.
DuBois SG, et al. Evaluation of polymorphisms in EWSR1 and risk of Ewing sarcoma: A report from the childhood cancer survivor study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012;59(1):52-56. PubMed PMID: 21793187.
Sehic D, et al. SIX1 protein expression selectively identifies blastemal elements in Wilms tumor. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012;59(1):62-68. PubMed PMID: 22180226.
Hůlková H, Elleder M. Distinctive histopathological features that support a diagnosis of cholesterol ester storage disease in liver biopsy specimens. Histopathol. 2012;60(7):1107-1113.PubMed PMID: 22621222.
Lassman CR, Naini BV. Total parenteral nutrition therapy and liver injury: a histopathologic study with clinical correlation. Hum Pathol. 2012;43(6):826-833. PubMed PMID: 22075110.
Chen C-Y, et al. Blood flow reprograms lymphatic vessels to blood vessels. J Clin Invest. 2012;122(6):2006-2017. PubMed PMID: 22622036.
Brugières L, et al. High frequency of germline SUFU mutations in children with desmoplastic/nodular medulloblastoma younger than 3 years of age. J Clin Invest. 2012;122(6):2087-2093. PubMed PMID: 22508808.
Fisher PG, et al. Cancer in children with nonchromosomal birth defects. J Pediatrics. 2012;160(6):978-983.PubMed PMID: 22244463.
Shim S, et al. Cis-regulatory control of corticospinal system development and evolution. Nature. 2012;486(7401):74-79. PubMed PMID: 22678282.
Gomez-Ospina N, et al. Translocation affecting sonic hedgehog genes in basal-cell carcinoma. N Engl J Med. 2012;366:2233-2234. PubMed PMID: 22670922.
Guo C, et al. Combinatory effects of hepatic CD8+ and NK lymphocytes in bile duct injury from biliary atresia. Pediatr Res. 2012;71:638-644. PubMed PMID: 22476047.
Agrawal A, et al. An intronic ABCA3 mutation that is responsible for respiratory disease. Pediatr Res. 2012;71:633-637. PubMed PMID: 22337229.
Adelekan T, et al. Lipid profiles of children with Down Syndrome compared with their siblings. Pediatrics. 2012;129(6):e1382-e1387. PubMed PMID: 22585768.
Nancy P, et al. Chemokine gene silencing in decidual stromal cells limits T cell access to the maternal-fetal interface. Science. 2012;336(6086):1317-1321. PubMed PMID: 22679098.
   
  May 2012 Update
This month's Journal Watch prepared by Jason Jarzembowski, M.D., Ph.D.
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Klatte T, et al. Renal cell carcinoma associated with transcription factor E3 expression and Xp11.2 translocation: incidence, characteristics, and prognosis. Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 May;137(5):761-768. PubMed PMID: 22523215.
Smith SB, et al. Helicobacter pylori: To Stain or Not to Stain? Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 May;137(5):733-738. PubMed PMID: 22523211.
McCall CM, et al. Flow cytometric findings in hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. Am J Clin Pathol. 2012 May;137(5):786-794. PubMed PMID: 22523218.
Le Henaff C, et al. The f508del mutation in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator gene impacts bone formation. Am J Pathol. 2012 May;180(5):2068-2075. PubMed PMID: 22449949.
Kornegoor R, et al. The 3-layered ductal epithelium in gynecomastia. Am J Surg Pathol. 2012 May;36(5):762-768. PubMed PMID: 22314184.
Talkowski ME, et al. Sequencing chromosomal abnormalities reveals neurodevelopmental loci that confer risk across diagnostic boundaries. Cell. 2012 Apr 27;149(3):525-537. PubMed PMID: 22521361.
Chen CY, et al. Accumulation of the inner nuclear envelope protein Sun1 is pathogenic in progeric and dystrophic laminopathies. Cell. 2012 Apr 27;149(3):565-577. PubMed PMID: 22541428.
Maguire A, Sheahan K. Pathology of oesophagitis. Histopathology. 2012 May;60(6):864-879. PubMed PMID: 21864316.
Dungwa JV, et al. Angiogenin up-regulation correlates with adverse clinicopathological and biological factors, increased microvascular density and poor patient outcome in neuroblastomas. Histopathology. 2012 May;60(6):911-923. PubMed PMID: 22372545.
Carbone A, Gloghini A. "Intrafollicular neoplasia" of nodular lymphocyte predominant Hodgkin lymphoma: Description of a hypothetic early step of the disease. Hum Pathol. 2012 May;43(5):619-628. PubMed PMID: 22209342.
Levy M, et al. Expression of glypican-3 in undifferentiated embryonal sarcoma and mesenchymal hamartoma of the liver. Hum Pathol. 2012 May;43(5):695-701. PubMed PMID: 21937079.
Al-Janabi S,et al. Whole slide images for primary diagnostics of gastrointestinal tract pathology: a feasibility study. Hum Pathol. 2012 May;43(5):702-707. PubMed PMID: 21937077.
Bendon RW. Nosology: infarction hematoma, a placental infarction encasing a hematoma. Hum Pathol. 2012 May;43(5):761-763. PubMed PMID: 22079357.
Conkrite K, et al. Cooperation between Rb and Arf in suppressing mouse retinoblastoma. J Clin Invest. 2012 May 1;122(5):1726-1733. PubMed PMID: 22484813.
Kudryashova E, Kramerova I, Spencer MJ. Satellite cell senescence underlies myopathy in a mouse model of limb-girdle muscular dystrophy 2H. J Clin Invest. 2012 May 1;122(5):1764-1776. PubMed PMID: 22505452.
Blanco JG, et al. Anthracycline-Related Cardiomyopathy After Childhood Cancer: Role of Polymorphisms in Carbonyl Reductase Genes--A Report From the Children's Oncology Group. J Clin Oncol. 2012 May 1;30(13):1415-1421. PubMed PMID: 22124095.
Chisholm KM, et al. Congenital pancreatoblastoma: report of an atypical case and review of the literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May;34(4):310-315. PubMed PMID: 22278199.
Mellgren K, et al. Plasma cytokine profiles at diagnosis in pediatric patients with non-hodgkin lymphoma. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2012 May;34(4):271-275. PubMed PMID: 22430582.
Boghossian NS, et al. Major chromosomal anomalies among very low birth weight infants in the Vermont Oxford Network. J Pediatr. 2012 May;160(5):774-780.e11. PubMed PMID: 22177989.
Marsit CJ, et al. Placenta-imprinted gene expression association of infant neurobehavior. J Pediatr. 2012 May;160(5):854-860.e2. PubMed PMID: 22153677.
Gupta V, Poss KD. Clonally dominant cardiomyocytes direct heart morphogenesis. Nature. 2012 Apr 25;484(7395):479-484. PubMed PMID: 22538609.
Gilhar A, Etzioni A, Paus R. Alopecia areata. N Engl J Med. 2012 Apr 19;366(16):1515-1525. PubMed PMID: 22512484.
Sam TN, et al. MLL gene rearrangements in infant leukemia vary with age at diagnosis and selected demographic factors: a Children's Oncology Group (COG) study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Jun;58(6):836-839. PubMed PMID: 21800415.
Philippe-Chomette P, et al. Desmoplastic small round cell tumors with EWS-WT1 fusion transcript in children and young adults. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Jun;58(6):891-897. PubMed PMID: 22162435.
Gozali AE, et al. Choroid plexus tumors; management, outcome, and association with the Li-Fraumeni syndrome: the Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA) experience, 1991-2010. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2012 Jun;58(6):905-909. PubMed PMID: 21990040.
Christensen RD, et al. Reference Ranges for Lymphocyte Counts of Neonates: Associations Between Abnormal Counts and Outcomes. Pediatrics. 2012 May;129(5):e1165-e1172. PubMed PMID: 22508916.
Johnson CL, Versalovic J. The Human Microbiome and Its Potential Importance to Pediatrics. Pediatrics. 2012 May;129(5):950-960. PubMed PMID: 22473366.
   
  July 2011 Update
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Kure K, Lingamfelter D, Taboada E. Large multifocal cardiac myxoma causing the sudden unexpected death of a 2-month-old infant-a rapidly growing, acquired lesion versus a congenital process?: a case report. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2011 Jun;32(2):166-8. PubMed PMID: 21512386.
Carpentier PA, Dingman AL, Palmer TD. Placental TNF-a Signaling in Illness-Induced Complications of Pregnancy. Am J Pathol. 2011 Jun;178(6):2802-10. PubMed PMID: 21641402.
Hasselblatt M, Gesk S, Oyen F, Rossi S, Viscardi E, Giangaspero F, Giannini C, Judkins AR, Frühwald MC, Obser T, Schneppenheim R, Siebert R, Paulus W. Nonsense Mutation and Inactivation of SMARCA4 (BRG1) in an Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid Tumor Showing Retained SMARCB1 (INI1) Expression. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Jun;35(6):933-935. PubMed PMID: 21566516.
Applebaum MA, Worch J, Matthay KK, Goldsby R, Neuhaus J, West DC, Dubois SG. Clinical features and outcomes in patients with extraskeletal ewing sarcoma. Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;117(13):3027-32. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25840. Epub 2011 Jan 10. PubMed PMID: 21692057.
Wallace WH. Oncofertility and preservation of reproductive capacity in children and young adults. Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10 Suppl):2301-10. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26045. Review. PubMed PMID: 21523750.
Hudson TJ. Cancer genome variation in children, adolescents, and young adults. Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10 Suppl):2262-7. doi: 10.1002/cncr.26049. Review. PubMed PMID: 21523744.
Seidinger AL, Mastellaro MJ, Paschoal Fortes F, Godoy Assumpção J, Aparecida Cardinalli I, Aparecida Ganazza M, Correa Ribeiro R, Brandalise SR, Dos Santos Aguiar S, Yunes JA. Association of the highly prevalent TP53 R337H mutation with pediatric choroid plexus carcinoma and osteosarcoma in southeast Brazil. Cancer. 2011 May 15;117(10):2228-35. doi: 10.1002/cncr.25826. Epub 2010 Dec 29. PubMed PMID: 21192060.
Thomson M, Liu SJ, Zou LN, Smith Z, Meissner A, Ramanathan S. Pluripotency factors in embryonic stem cells regulate differentiation into germ layers. Cell. 2011 Jun 10;145(6):875-89. PubMed PMID: 21663792.
Chen C, Samuel TK, Sinclair J, Dailey HA, Hamza I. An Intercellular Heme-Trafficking Protein Delivers Maternal Heme to the Embryo during Development in C. elegans. Cell. 2011 May 27;145(5):720-31. PubMed PMID: 21620137; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3104245.
Autran D, Baroux C, Raissig MT, Lenormand T, Wittig M, Grob S, Steimer A, Barann M, Klostermeier UC, Leblanc O, Vielle-Calzada JP, Rosenstiel P, Grimanelli D, Grossniklaus U. Maternal epigenetic pathways control parental contributions to Arabidopsis early embryogenesis. Cell. 2011 May 27;145(5):707-19. PubMed PMID: 21620136.
Sang L, Miller JJ, Corbit KC, Giles RH, Brauer MJ, Otto EA, Baye LM, Wen X, Scales SJ, Kwong M, Huntzicker EG, Sfakianos MK, Sandoval W, Bazan JF, Kulkarni P, Garcia-Gonzalo FR, Seol AD, O'Toole JF, Held S, Reutter HM, Lane WS, Rafiq MA, Noor A, Ansar M, Devi AR, Sheffield VC, Slusarski DC, Vincent JB, Doherty DA, Hildebrandt F, Reiter JF, Jackson PK. Mapping the NPHP-JBTS-MKS Protein Network Reveals Ciliopathy Disease Genes and Pathways. Cell. 2011 May 13;145(4):513-28. PubMed PMID: 21565611.
Crawford JM, Hoffman RD, Black-Schaffer WS. Pathology subspecialty fellowship application reform 2007 to 2010. Hum Pathol. 2011 Jun;42(6):774-94. Epub 2010 Oct 28. PubMed PMID: 21035167.
Fernandez-Pineda I, Parida L, Jenkins JJ, Davidoff AM, Rao BN, Rodriguez-Galindo C. Childhood Hemangiopericytoma: Review of St Jude Children's Research Hospital. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Jul;33(5):356-9. PubMed PMID: 21602721.
Park M, Koh KN, Kim BE, Im HJ, Kim DY, Seo JJ. Pancreatic neoplasms in childhood and adolescence. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 May;33(4):295-300. PubMed PMID: 21464765.
Miller A, Riehle-Colarusso T, Alverson CJ, Frías JL, Correa A. Congenital heart defects and major structural noncardiac anomalies, atlanta, georgia, 1968 to 2005. J Pediatr. 2011 Jul;159(1):70-78.e2. Epub 2011 Feb 17. PubMed PMID: 21329942.
Cecchetto G, Ferrari A, Bernini G, Alaggio R, Collini P, Virgone C, Terenziani M, Dall'igna P, Cozza R, Conte M, Bisogno G. Sex cord stromal tumors of the ovary in children: a clinicopathological report from the Italian TREP project. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;56(7):1062-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22918. Epub 2010 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 21488154.
Lugowska I, Wozniak W, Klepacka T, Michalak E, Szamotulska K. A prognostic evaluation of vascular endothelial growth factor in children and young adults with osteosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 15;57(1):63-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.23021. Epub 2011 Mar 17. PubMed PMID: 21416580.
Durmaz A, Durmaz B, Kadioglu B, Aksoylar S, Karapinar D, Koturoglu G, Orman MN, Ozkinay F, Cogulu O. The Association of minor congenital anomalies and childhood cancer. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;56(7):1098-102. doi: 10.1002/pbc.23049. Epub 2011 Feb 25. PubMed PMID: 21360657.
Bruggers CS, Bleyl SB, Pysher T, Barnette P, Afify Z, Walker M, Biegel JA. Clinicopathologic comparison of familial versus sporadic atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors (AT/RT) of the central nervous system. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jul 1;56(7):1026-31. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22757. Epub 2010 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 20848638.
Bragde H, Jansson U, Jarlsfelt I, Söderman J. Gene expression profiling of duodenal biopsies discriminates celiac disease mucosa from normal mucosa. Pediatr Res. 2011 Jun;69(6):530-7. PubMed PMID: 21378598.
   
  April 2011 Update
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Ozdemir H, Çiftçi E, Ince EU, Ertem M, Ince E, Dogru U. Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis associated with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus infection. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Mar;33(2):135-7. PubMed PMID: 21285906.
Blau J, Calo JM, Dozor D, Sutton M, Alpan G, La Gamma EF. Transfusion-related acute gut injury: necrotizing enterocolitis in very low birth weight neonates after packed red blood cell transfusion. J Pediatr. 2011 Mar;158(3):403-9. Epub 2010 Nov 10. PubMed PMID: 21067771.
Puiman PJ, Burger-Van Paassen N, Schaart MW, De Bruijn AC, De Krijger RR, Tibboel D, Van Goudoever JB, Renes IB. Paneth cell hyperplasia and metaplasia in necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatr Res. 2011 Mar;69(3):217-23. PubMed PMID: 21372757.
Afrazi A, Sodhi CP, Richardson W, Neal M, Good M, Siggers R, Hackam DJ. New insights into the pathogenesis and treatment of necrotizing enterocolitis: Toll-like receptors and beyond. Pediatr Res. 2011 Mar;69(3):183-8. PubMed PMID: 21135755.
Alverson CJ, Strickland MJ, Gilboa SM, Correa A. Maternal smoking and congenital heart defects in the Baltimore-washington infant study. Pediatrics. 2011 Mar;127(3):e647-53. Epub 2011 Feb 28. PubMed PMID: 21357347.
Kimoto T, Inoue M, Tokimasa S, Yagyu S, Iehara T, Hosoi H, Kawa K. Detection of MYCN DNA in the cerebrospinal fluid for diagnosing isolated central nervous system relapse in neuroblastoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):865-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22925. Epub 2011 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 21370425.
Combaret V, Bréjon S, Iacono I, Schleiermacher G, Pierron G, Ribeiro A, Bergeron C, Marabelle A, Puisieux A. Determination of 17q gain in patients with neuroblastoma by analysis of circulating DNA. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):757-61. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22816. Epub 2011 Jan 11. PubMed PMID: 21370407.
England RJ, Haider N, Vujanic GM, Kelsey A, Stiller CA, Pritchard-Jones K, Powis M. Mesoblastic nephroma: A report of the United Kingdom children's cancer and leukaemia group (CCLG). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):744-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22871. Epub 2011 Jan 16. PubMed PMID: 21370406.
van den Heuvel-Eibrink MM, van Tinteren H, Rehorst H, Coulombe A, Patte C, de Camargo B, de Kraker J, Leuschner I, Lugtenberg R, Pritchard-Jones K, Sandstedt B, Spreafico F, Graf N, Vujanic GM. Malignant rhabdoid tumours of the kidney (MRTKs), registered on recent SIOP protocols from 1993 to 2005: A report of the SIOP renal tumour study group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):733-7. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22922. Epub 2010 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 21370404.
Dantonello TM, Winkler P, Boelling T, Friedel G, Schmid I, Mattke AC, Ljungman G, Bielack SS, Klingebiel T, Koscielniak E; on behalf of the CWS Study Group. Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma with metastases confined to the lungs: Report from the CWS Study Group. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 May;56(5):725-732. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22862. Epub 2010 Nov 8. PubMed PMID: 21370403.
Schreiber RD, Old LJ, Smyth MJ. Cancer immunoediting: integrating immunity's roles in cancer suppression and promotion. Science. 2011 Mar 25;331(6024):1565-70. PubMed PMID: 21436444.
van Hattem WA, Langeveld D, de Leng WW, Morsink FH, van Diest PJ, Iacobuzio-Donahue CA, Giardiello FM, Offerhaus GJ, Brosens LA. Histologic variations in juvenile polyp phenotype correlate with genetic defect underlying juvenile polyposis. Am J Surg Pathol. 2011 Apr;35(4):530-6. PubMed PMID: 21412070; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3060771.
Bertrand G, Drame M, Martageix C, Kaplan C. Prediction of the fetal status in noninvasive management of alloimmune thrombocytopenia. Blood. 2011 Mar 17;117(11):3209-13. Epub 2011 Jan 14. PubMed PMID: 21239703.
Freyer DR, Devidas M, La M, Carroll WL, Gaynon PS, Hunger SP, Seibel NL. Postrelapse survival in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia is independent of initial treatment intensity: a report from the Children's Oncology Group. Blood. 2011 Mar 17;117(11):3010-5. Epub 2010 Dec 30. PubMed PMID: 21193696.
De Paepe ME, Mao Q, Ghanta S, Hovanesian V, Padbury JF. Alveolar epithelial cell therapy with human cord blood-derived hematopoietic progenitor cells. Am J Pathol. 2011 Mar;178(3):1329-39. PubMed PMID: 21356383.
Wu X, Simpson J, Hong JH, Kim KH, Thavarajah NK, Backx PH, Neel BG, Araki T. MEK-ERK pathway modulation ameliorates disease phenotypes in a mouse model of Noonan syndrome associated with the Raf1L613V mutation. J Clin Invest. 2011 Mar 1;121(3):1009-25. doi: 10.1172/JCI44929. Epub 2011 Feb 21. PubMed PMID: 21339642; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3049402.
Cohle SD. Circumflex Artery From the Right Coronary Sinus: A Not-So-Benign Anomaly. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2011 Feb 21. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21346519.
Goonasekera SA, Lam CK, Millay DP, Sargent MA, Hajjar RJ, Kranias EG, Molkentin JD. Mitigation of muscular dystrophy in mice by SERCA overexpression in skeletal muscle. J Clin Invest. 2011 Feb 1. pii: 43844. doi: 10.1172/JCI43844. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 21285509; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3049367.
Nijagal A, Wegorzewska M, Jarvis E, Le T, Tang Q, MacKenzie TC. Maternal T cells limit engraftment after in utero hematopoietic cell transplantation in mice. J Clin Invest. 2011 Feb 1;121(2):582-92. doi: 10.1172/JCI44907. Epub 2011 Jan 18. PubMed PMID: 21245575; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3026737.
   
  January 2011 Update
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Murray MJ, Halsall DJ, Hook CE, Williams DM, Nicholson JC, Coleman N. Identification of microRNAs From the miR-371~373 and miR-302 clusters as potential serum biomarkers of malignant germ cell tumors. Am J Clin Pathol. 2011 Jan;135(1):119-25. PubMed PMID: 21173133.
Grimm KE, Chen C, Weiss LM. Necessity of bilateral bone marrow biopsies for ancillary cytogenetic studies in the pediatric population. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Dec;134(6):982-6. PubMed PMID: 21088163.
Neudecker S, Walz R, Menon K, Maier E, Bihoreau MT, Obermuller N, Kranzlin B, Gretz N, Hoffmann SC. Transgenic overexpression of Anks6(p.R823W) causes polycystic kidney disease in rats. Am J Pathol. 2010 Dec;177(6):3000-9. PubMed PMID: 21119215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2993307.
Carone BR, Fauquier L, Habib N, Shea JM, Hart CE, Li R, Bock C, Li C, Gu H, Zamore PD, Meissner A, Weng Z, Hofmann HA, Friedman N, Rando OJ. Paternally induced transgenerational environmental reprogramming of metabolic gene expression in mammals. Cell. 2010 Dec 23;143(7):1084-96. PubMed PMID: 21183072.
Sacco A, Mourkioti F, Tran R, Choi J, Llewellyn M, Kraft P, Shkreli M, Delp S, Pomerantz JH, Artandi SE, Blau HM. Short Telomeres and Stem Cell Exhaustion Model Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy in mdx/mTR Mice. Cell. 2010 Dec 23;143(7):1059-71. Epub 2010 Dec 9. PubMed PMID: 21145579.
Dishop MK, McKay EM, Kreiger PA, Priest JR, Williams GM, Langston C, Jarzembowski J, Suchi M, Dehner LP, Hill DA. Fetal lung interstitial tumor (FLIT): A proposed newly recognized lung tumor of infancy to be differentiated from cystic pleuropulmonary blastoma and other developmental pulmonary lesions. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Dec;34(12):1762-72. PubMed PMID: 21107081.
Matschke J. Fatal ischemic stroke due to dissecting aneurysm of the intracranial arteries presenting as sudden unexpected death in childhood. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2010 Dec;31(4):364-9. PubMed PMID: 21171202.
Sutton E, Hughes J, White S, Sekido R, Tan J, Arboleda V, Rogers N, Knower K, Rowley L, Eyre H, Rizzoti K, McAninch D, Goncalves J, Slee J, Turbitt E, Bruno D, Bengtsson H, Harley V, Vilain E, Sinclair A, Lovell-Badge R, Thomas P. Identification of SOX3 as an XX male sex reversal gene in mice and humans. J Clin Invest. 2011 Jan 4;121(1):328-41. doi: 10.1172/JCI42580. Epub 2010 Dec 22. PubMed PMID: 21183788; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3007141.
Jain R, Engleka KA, Rentschler SL, Manderfield LJ, Li L, Yuan L, Epstein JA. Cardiac neural crest orchestrates remodeling and functional maturation of mouse semilunar valves. J Clin Invest. 2011 Jan 4;121(1):422-30. doi: 10.1172/JCI44244. Epub 2010 Dec 13. PubMed PMID: 21157040; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3007154.
Hu Q, Gao F, Tian W, Ruteshouser EC, Wang Y, Lazar A, Stewart J, Strong LC, Behringer RR, Huff V. Wt1 ablation and Igf2 upregulation in mice result in Wilms tumors with elevated ERK1/2 phosphorylation. J Clin Invest. 2011 Jan 4;121(1):174-83. doi: 10.1172/JCI43772. Epub 2010 Dec 1. PubMed PMID: 21123950; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3007149.
Henderson TO, Bhatia S, Pinto N, London WB, McGrady P, Crotty C, Sun CL, Cohn SL. Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Risk and Survival in Children With Neuroblastoma: A Children's Oncology Group Study. J Clin Oncol. 2011 Jan 1;29(1):76-82. Epub 2010 Nov 22. PubMed PMID: 21098321.
Taylor AJ, Little MP, Winter DL, Sugden E, Ellison DW, Stiller CA, Stovall M, Frobisher C, Lancashire ER, Reulen RC, Hawkins MM. Population-based risks of CNS tumors in survivors of childhood cancer: the british childhood cancer survivor study. J Clin Oncol. 2010 Dec 20;28(36):5287-93. Epub 2010 Nov 15. PubMed PMID: 21079138.
Radhakrishnan N, Yadav SP, Sachdeva A, Pruthi PK, Sawhney S, Piplani T, Wada T, Yachie A. Human heme oxygenase-1 deficiency presenting with hemolysis, nephritis, and asplenia. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2011 Jan;33(1):74-8. PubMed PMID: 21088618.
Birks DK, Barton VN, Donson AM, Handler MH, Vibhakar R, Foreman NK. Survey of MicroRNA expression in pediatric brain tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Feb;56(2):211-6. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22723. Epub 2010 Nov 3. PubMed PMID: 21157891.
Schmidt LS, Schmiegelow K, Lahteenmaki P, Trager C, Stokland T, Grell K, Gustafson G, Sehested A, Raashou-Nielsen O, Johansen C, Schuz J. Incidence of childhood central nervous system tumors in the Nordic countries. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan;56(1):65-9. PubMed PMID: 21108441.
Navalkele P, O'Dorisio MS, O'Dorisio TM, Zamba GK, Lynch CF. Incidence, survival, and prevalence of neuroendocrine tumors versus neuroblastoma in children and young adults: nine standard SEER registries, 1975-2006. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan;56(1):50-7. PubMed PMID: 21108439.
Eaton KW, Tooke LS, Wainwright LM, Judkins AR, Biegel JA. Spectrum of SMARCB1/INI1 mutations in familial and sporadic rhabdoid tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan;56(1):7-15. PubMed PMID: 21108436.
Citak FE, Citak EC, Akkaya E, Kosan B, Ezer U, Kurekci AE. Minor anomalies in children with hematological malignancies. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Feb;56(2):258-61. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22689. Epub 2010 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 20860040.
Hagleitner MM, Coenen MJ, Jeuken JW, Flucke U, Schreuder HW, te Loo DM, Hoogerbrugge PM. Taqman genotyping assays can be used on decalcified and paraffin-embedded tissue from patients with osteosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2011 Jan;56(1):35-8. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22654. Epub 2010 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 20848662.
Hecht JL, Fichorova RN, Tang VF, Allred EN, McElrath TF, Leviton A; Elgan Study Investigators. Relationship Between Neonatal Blood Protein Concentrations and Placenta Histologic Characteristics in Extremely Low GA Newborns. Pediatr Res. 2011 Jan;69(1):68-73. PubMed PMID: 20921924.
   
  November 2010 Update
Watch list prepared by L. Corey Hanley, M.D., SPP Website Associate Editor.
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Nakayama R, Mitani S, Nakagawa T, Hasegawa T, Kawai A, Morioka H, Yabe H, Toyama Y, Ogose A, Toguchida J, Nakayama T, Yoshida T, Ichikawa H. Gene expression profiling of synovial sarcoma: distinct signature of poorly differentiated type. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Nov;34(11):1599-607. PubMed PMID: 20975339.
Torbenson M, Hart J, Westerhoff M, Azzam RK, Elgendi A, Mziray-Andrew HC, Kim GE, Scheimann A. Neonatal giant cell hepatitis: histological and etiological findings. Am J Surg Pathol. 2010 Oct;34(10):1498-503. PubMed PMID: 20871223.
Guarner J, Bhatnagar J, Shane AL, Jones T, DeLeon-Carnes MN, Schemankewitz E, Zaki SR. Correlation of the detection of Clostridium difficile toxins in stools and presence of the clostridia in tissues of children. Hum Pathol. 2010 Nov;41(11):1586-92. Epub 2010 Jul 24. PubMed PMID: 20656321.
Miyoshi H, Tamura G, Satoh T, Homma R, Omoto E, Nakano N, Wada R. Disseminated Mycobacterium genavense infection in a healthy boy. Hum Pathol. 2010 Nov;41(11):1646-9. Epub 2010 Jul 22. PubMed PMID: 20655091.
Madden JR, Addo-Yobo SO, Donson AM, Liu AK, McNatt SA, Kleinschmidt-Demasters BK, Fenton LZ, Foreman NK, Smith AA. Radiation-induced glioblastoma multiforme in children treated for medulloblastoma with characteristics of both medulloblastoma and glioblastoma multiforme. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Oct;32(7):e272-8. PubMed PMID: 20736849.
Gesundheit B, Parkin P, Greenberg M, Baruchel S, Senger C, Kapelushnik J, Smith C, Klement GL. The role of angiogenesis in the transformation of plexiform neurofibroma into malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors in children with neurofibromatosis type 1. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2010 Oct;32(7):548-53. PubMed PMID: 20686424.
Drolet BA, Chamlin SL, Garzon MC, Adams D, Baselga E, Haggstrom AN, Holland KE, Horii KA, Juern A, Lucky AW, Mancini AJ, McCuaig C, Metry DW, Morel KD, Newell BD, Nopper AJ, Powell J, Frieden IJ. Prospective study of spinal anomalies in children with infantile hemangiomas of the lumbosacral skin. J Pediatr. 2010 Nov;157(5):789-94. Epub 2010 Sep 9. PubMed PMID: 20828712.
Grumati P, Coletto L, Sabatelli P, Cescon M, Angelin A, Bertaggia E, Blaauw B, Urciuolo A, Tiepolo T, Merlini L, Maraldi NM, Bernardi P, Sandri M, Bonaldo P. Autophagy is defective in collagen VI muscular dystrophies, and its reactivation rescues myofiber degeneration. Nat Med. 2010 Nov;16(11):1313-20. Epub 2010 Oct 31. PubMed PMID: 21037586.
Swarbrick A, Woods SL, Shaw A, Balakrishnan A, Phua Y, Nguyen A, Chanthery Y, Lim L, Ashton LJ, Judson RL, Huskey N, Blelloch R, Haber M, Norris MD, Lengyel P, Hackett CS, Preiss T, Chetcuti A, Sullivan CS, Marcusson EG, Weiss W, L'Etoile N, Goga A. miR-380-5p represses p53 to control cellular survival and is associated with poor outcome in MYCN-amplified neuroblastoma. Nat Med. 2010 Oct;16(10):1134-40. Epub 2010 Sep 26. PubMed PMID: 20871609.
Cross SF, Arbuckle S, Priest JR, Marshall G, Charles A, Dalla Pozza L. Familial pleuropulmonary blastoma in Australia. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 15;55(7):1417-9. PubMed PMID: 20981696.
Gobbi D, Igna PD, Messina C, Cesca E, Cecchetto G. Focal nodular hyperplasia in pediatric patients with and without oncologic history. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 15;55(7):1420-2. PubMed PMID: 20949588.
Drolet JP, Lefebvre MA, Bernard C, Mitchell D, McCusker C, Mazer B. Multicentric castleman disease in a child with primary immunodeficiency. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 1;55(6):1198-200. PubMed PMID: 20848636.
Rosychuk RJ, Witol A, Stobart K. Childhood cancer trends in a western Canadian province: a population-based 22-year retrospective study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 15;55(7):1348-55. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22785. Epub 2010 Sep 9. PubMed PMID: 20830776.
Abate ME, Longhi A, Galletti S, Ferrari S, Bacci G. Non-metastatic osteosarcoma of the extremities in children aged 5 years or younger. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Oct;55(4):652-4. PubMed PMID: 20806363.
D'Angelo P, Carli M, Ferrari A, Manzitti C, Mura R, Miglionico L, Di Cataldo A, Grigoli A, Cecchetto G, Bisogno G; AIEOP Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Breast metastases in children and adolescents with rhabdomyosarcoma: Experience of the Italian Soft Tissue Sarcoma Committee. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Dec 15;55(7):1306-9. doi: 10.1002/pbc.22729. Epub 2010 Aug 20. PubMed PMID: 20730885.
Maitra M, Koenig SN, Srivastava D, Garg V. Identification of GATA6 sequence variants in patients with congenital heart defects. Pediatr Res. 2010 Oct;68(4):281-5. PubMed PMID: 20581743; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2940936.
Czosek RJ, Haaning A, Ware SM. A mouse model of conduction system patterning abnormalities in heterotaxy syndrome. Pediatr Res. 2010 Oct;68(4):275-80. PubMed PMID: 20581739; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2940945.
Starmer AJ, Duby JC, Slaw KM, Edwards A, Leslie LK; Members of Vision of Pediatrics 2020 Task Force. Pediatrics in the year 2020 and beyond: preparing for plausible futures. Pediatrics. 2010 Nov;126(5):971-81. Epub 2010 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 20956424.
Romano AA, Allanson JE, Dahlgren J, Gelb BD, Hall B, Pierpont ME, Roberts AE, Robinson W, Takemoto CM, Noonan JA. Noonan syndrome: clinical features, diagnosis, and management guidelines. Pediatrics. 2010 Oct;126(4):746-59. Epub 2010 Sep 27. Review. PubMed PMID: 20876176.
Deneau M, Wallentine J, Guthery S, O'Gorman M, Bohnsack J, Fluchel M, Bezzant J, Pohl JF. Natural killer cell lymphoma in a pediatric patient with inflammatory bowel disease. Pediatrics. 2010 Oct;126(4):e977-81. Epub 2010 Sep 13. PubMed PMID: 20837584.
Hiby SE, Apps R, Sharkey AM, Farrell LE, Gardner L, Mulder A, Claas FH, Walker JJ, Redman CC, Morgan L, Tower C, Regan L, Moore GE, Carrington M, Moffett A. Maternal activating KIRs protect against human reproductive failure mediated by fetal HLA-C2. J Clin Invest. 2010 Nov 1;120(11):4102-10. doi: 10.1172/JCI43998. Epub 2010 Oct 25. PubMed PMID: 20972337; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2964995.
   
  January 2010 Update
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Rutledge J, et al. Application of the Toyota Production System improves core laboratory operations. Am J Clin Pathol. 2010 Jan;133(1):24-31. PubMed PMID: 20023255.
Adeyi O, et al. Liver allograft pathology: approach to interpretation of needle biopsies with clinicopathological correlation. J Clin Pathol. 2010 Jan;63(1):47-74. PubMed PMID: 19847014.
Echtler K,et al.. Platelets contribute to postnatal occlusion of the ductus arteriosus. Nat Med. 2010 Jan;16(1):75-82. 19966813.
Verdeguer F, Let al. A mitotic transcriptional switch in polycystic kidney disease. Nat Med. 2010 Jan;16(1):106-10. PubMed PMID: 19966811.
Sheridan RL, et al. Case records of the Massachusetts General Hospital. Case 41-2009. A 16-year-old boy with hypothermia and frostbite. N Engl J Med. 2009 Dec 31; 361(27):2654-62. PubMed PMID: 20042758.
Libster R, et al. Pediatric hospitalizations associated with 2009 pandemic influenza A (H1N1) in Argentina. N Engl J Med. 2010 Jan 7;362(1):45-55. PubMed PMID: 20032320.
Dubois SG, et al. Flow cytometric detection of Ewing sarcoma cells in peripheral blood and bone marrow. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jan;54(1):13-18. PubMed PMID: 19711435.
Sari N, et al. Treatment results of the Ewing sarcoma of bone and prognostic factors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jan;54(1):19-24. PubMed PMID: 19760772.
Morimoto A, et al.; HLH/LCH Committee of the Japanese Society of Pediatric Hematology. Nationwide survey of single-system single site Langerhans cell histiocytosis in Japan. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jan;54(1):98-102. PubMed PMID: 19728332.
Sultan I, et al. Age, stage, and radiotherapy, but not primary tumor site, affects the outcome of patients with malignant rhabdoid tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jan;54(1):35-40. PubMed PMID: 19798737.
Buddingh EP, et al. Prognostic factors in pulmonary metastasized high-grade osteosarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Feb;54(2):216-21. PubMed PMID: 19890902.
Kanathezhath B, et al. Hemoglobin Hakkari: an autosomal dominant form of beta thalassemia with inclusion bodies arising from de novo mutation in exon 2 of beta globin gene. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Feb;54(2):332-5. PubMed PMID: 19852066.
Ballabh P. Intraventricular hemorrhage in premature infants: mechanism of disease. Pediatr Res. 2010 Jan;67(1):1-8. PubMed PMID: 19816235.
Smedts HP, et al. VEGF polymorphisms are associated with endocardial cushion defects: a family-based case-control study. Pediatr Res. 2010 Jan;67(1):23-8. PubMed PMID: 19816237.
Leviton A, et al. Microbiologic and histologic characteristics of the extremely preterm infant's placenta predict white matter damage and later cerebral palsy. the ELGAN study. Pediatr Res. 2010 Jan;67(1):95-101. PubMed PMID: 19745780.
Knipscheer P, et al. The Fanconi anemia pathway promotes replication-dependent DNA interstrand cross-link repair. Science. 2009 Dec 18;326(5960):1698-701. PubMed PMID: 19965384.
   
  December 2009 Update
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Melanson SE, et al. Applying Lean/Toyota production system principles to improve phlebotomy patient satisfaction and workflow. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Dec;132(6):914-9. PubMed PMID: 19926584.
Silingardi E, et al. Unexpected intrauterine fetal death in parvovirus B19 fetal infection. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Dec;30(4):394-7. PubMed PMID: 19901803.
Gualco G, et al.. Nodal diffuse large B-cell lymphomas in children and adolescents: immunohistochemical expression patterns and c-MYC translocation in relation to clinical outcome. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Dec;33(12):1815-22. PubMed PMID: 19816150.
Qaddoumi I, et al. Outcome and prognostic features in pediatric gliomas: a review of 6212 cases from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. Cancer. 2009 Oct 7;115(24):5761-5770. PubMed PMID: 19813274.
Hsieh MH, et al. Increasing incidence of neuroblastoma and potentially higher associated mortality of children from nonmetropolitan areas: analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Dec;31(12):942-6. PubMed PMID: 19875967.
Manea EM, et al. Pearson syndrome in the neonatal period: two case reports and review of the literature. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Dec;31(12):947-51. PubMed PMID: 19881395.
Eventov-Friedman S, et al. Third trimester fetal intracranial hemorrhage owing to vitamin K deficiency associated with hyperemesis gravidarum. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Dec;31(12):985-8. PubMed PMID: 19956025.
Narkewicz MR, et al.; Pediatric Acute Liver Failure Study Group. Pattern of diagnostic evaluation for the causes of pediatric acute liver failure: an opportunity for quality improvement. J Pediatr. 2009 Dec;155(6):801-806.e1. PubMed PMID: 19643443.
Eyre R, et al. Epidemiology of bone tumours in children and young adults. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec;53(6):941-52. Review. PubMed PMID: 19618453.
Avigad S, et al. Aberrant methylation and reduced expression of RASSF1A in Ewing sarcoma. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec;53(6):1023-8. PubMed PMID: 19637319.
Barton VN, et al. PARP1 expression in pediatric central nervous system tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;53(7):1227-30. PubMed PMID: 19533660.
Sultan I, et al. Age, stage, and radiotherapy, but not primary tumor site, affects the outcome of patients with malignant rhabdoid tumors. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jan;54(1):35-40. PubMed PMID: 19798737.
Morgenstern DA, et al. Clinical and pathological features of paediatric malignant rhabdoid tumours. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2010 Jan;54(1):29-34. PubMed PMID: 19653294.
Lin YC, et al. Variants in the UGT1A1 gene and the risk of pediatric nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):e1221-7. PubMed PMID: 19948621.
McGowan KE, et al. The changing face of childhood celiac disease in North America: impact of serological testing. Pediatrics. 2009 Dec;124(6):1572-8. PubMed PMID: 19948628.
Chang HY. Anatomic demarcation of cells: genes to patterns. Science. 2009 Nov 27;326(5957):1206-7. PubMed PMID: 19965461.
   
  11-20-2009 Update
The November list was prepared with the assistance of L. Corey Hanley and Elaine Cham, pediatric pathology fellows.
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Cibas ES, Ali SZ. The Bethesda System For Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Nov;132(5):658-665. PubMed PMID: 19846805.
Fuda FS, Karandikar NJ, Chen W. Significant CD5 expression on normal stage 3 hematogones and mature B Lymphocytes in bone marrow. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Nov;132(5):733-737. PubMed PMID: 19846815.
Millay DP, Maillet M, Roche JA, Sargent MA, McNally EM, Bloch RJ, Molkentin JD. Genetic manipulation of dysferlin expression in skeletal muscle: novel insights into muscular dystrophy. Am J Pathol. 2009 Nov;175(5):1817-1823. PubMed PMID: 19834057.
Yuasa T, Kondo N, Yasuhara R, Shimono K, Mackem S, Pacifici M, Iwamoto M, Enomoto-Iwamoto M. Transient activation of Wnt/{beta}-catenin signaling induces abnormal growth plate closure and articular cartilage thickening in postnatal mice. Am J Pathol. 2009 Nov;175(5):1993-2003. PubMed PMID: 19815716.
Krishnan C, Higgins JP, West RB, Natkunam Y, Heerema-McKenney A, Arber DA. Microtubule-associated protein-2 is a sensitive marker of primary and metastatic neuroblastoma. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Nov;33(11):1695-1704. PubMed PMID: 19701075.
Lau PP, Wong OK, Lui PC, Cheung OY, Ho LC, Wong WC, To KF, Chan JK. Myopericytoma in patients with AIDS: a new class of Epstein-Barr virus-associated tumor. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Nov;33(11):1666-1672. PubMed PMID: 19675451.
Coffin CM, Lowichik A, Putnam A. Lipoblastoma (LPB): a clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical analysis of 59 cases. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Nov;33(11):1705-1712. PubMed PMID: 19738456.
Faraji H, Nguyen BN, Mai KT. Renal epithelioid angiomyolipoma: a study of six cases and a meta-analytic study. Development of criteria for screening the entity with prognostic significance. Histopathology. 2009 Nov;55(5):525-534. PubMed PMID: 19912358.
Volante M, Bollito E, Sperone P, Tavaglione V, Daffara F, Porpiglia F, Terzolo M, Berruti A, Papotti M. Clinicopathological study of a series of 92 adrenocortical carcinomas: from a proposal of simplified diagnostic algorithm to prognostic stratification. Histopathology. 2009 Nov;55(5):535-543. PubMed PMID: 19912359.
Taylor JG 6th, Cheuk AT, Tsang PS, Chung JY, Song YK, Desai K, Yu Y, Chen QR, Shah K, Youngblood V, Fang J, Kim SY, Yeung C, Helman LJ, Mendoza A, Ngo V, Staudt LM, Wei JS, Khanna C, Catchpoole D, Qualman SJ, Hewitt SM, Merlino G, Chanock SJ, Khan J. Identification of FGFR4-activating mutations in human rhabdomyosarcomas that promote metastasis in xenotransplanted models. J Clin Invest. 2009 Nov;119(11):3395-3407. PubMed PMID: 19809159.
McDermott U, Settleman J. Personalized Cancer Therapy With Selective Kinase Inhibitors: An Emerging Paradigm in Medical Oncology. J Clin Oncol. 2009 Nov 20;27(33):5650-5659. PubMed PMID: 19858389.
Toita N, Kawamura N, Hatano N, Takezaki S, Ohkura Y, Yamada M, Okano M, Okada T, Sasaki F, Kubota KC, Itoh T, Ariga T. A 5-year-old boy with unicentric Castleman disease affecting the mesentery: utility of serum IL-6 level and(18)F-FDG PET for diagnosis. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Sep;31(9):693-695. PubMed PMID: 19730402.
Ayyanar K, Blackman SC, Chordas C, Frazier L, Kieran MW. Metachronous mediastinal seminoma occurring after intracranial germinoma in an adolescent. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2009 Nov;31(11):861-864. PubMed PMID: 19779380.
Bruckner TA, Saxton KB, Anderson E, Goldman S, Gould JB. From paradox to disparity: trends in neonatal death in very low birth weight non-Hispanic black and white infants, 1989-2004. J Pediatr. 2009 Oct;155(4):482-487. PubMed PMID: 19615693.
Rope AF, Cragun DL, Saal HM, Hopkin RJ. DiGeorge anomaly in the absence of chromosome 22q11.2 deletion. J Pediatr. 2009 Oct;155(4):560-565. PubMed PMID: 19595366.
Rand EB, Karpen SJ, Kelly S, Mack CL, Malatack JJ, Sokol RJ, Whitington PF. Treatment of neonatal hemochromatosis with exchange transfusion and intravenous immunoglobulin. J Pediatr. 2009 Oct;155(4):566-571. PubMed PMID: 19560784.
Tagawa M, Tanaka H, Moriuchi M, Moriuchi H. Retrospective diagnosis of congenital cytomegalovirus infection at a school for the deaf by using preserved dried umbilical cord. J Pediatr. 2009 Nov;155(5):749-751. PubMed PMID: 19840618.
Xu J, Zhang X, Pelayo R, Monestier M, Ammollo CT, Semeraro F, Taylor FB, Esmon NL, Lupu F, Esmon CT. Extracellular histones are major mediators of death in sepsis. Nat Med. 2009 Nov;15(11):1318-1321. PubMed PMID: 19855397.
Segel GB, Feig SA. Controversies in the diagnosis and management of childhood acute immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Sep;53(3):318-324. PubMed PMID: 19165890.
Raj A, Kailasnath VP, Bertolone S, McFarland JG. Neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia due to HPA-9b incompatibility. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Sep;53(3):459-461. PubMed PMID: 19459189.
Benesch M, Wardelmann E, Ferrari A, Brennan B, Verschuur A. Gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST) in children and adolescents: A comprehensive review of the current literature. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009 Dec 15;53(7):1171-1179. PubMed PMID: 19499582.
Keating E, Gonçalves P, Costa F, Campos I, Pinho MJ, Azevedo I, Martel F. Comparison of the transport characteristics of bioactive substances in IUGR and normal placentas. Pediatr Res. 2009 Nov;66(5):495-500. PubMed PMID: 19668108.
Kupferman JC, Druschel CM, Kupchik GS. Increased prevalence of renal and urinary tract anomalies in children with Down syndrome. Pediatrics. 2009 Oct;124(4):e615-621. PubMed PMID: 19752083.
Yang Y, Sugimoto JD, Halloran ME, Basta NE, Chao DL, Matrajt L, Potter G, Kenah E, Longini IM Jr. The transmissibility and control of pandemic influenza A (H1N1) virus. Science. 2009 Oct 30;326(5953):729-733. PubMed PMID: 19745114.
  10-26-2009 Update
The October list was prepared by Elaine Cham and L. Corey Hanley, pediatric pathology fellows. Reference 2 was contributed by Miguel Reyes-Mugica.
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Hassanein NM, Alcancia F, Perkinson KR, Buckley PJ, Lagoo AS. Distinct expression patterns of CD123 and CD34 on normal bone marrow B-cell precursors ("hematogones") and B lymphoblastic leukemia blasts. Am J Clin Pathol. 2009 Oct;132(4):573-80. PubMed PMID: 19762535.
Fracasso T, Vennemann M, Pfeiffer H, Bajanowski T. Organ weights in cases of sudden infant death syndrome: a German study. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Sep;30(3):231-4. PubMed PMID: 19696576.
Chute DJ, Stasaitis W, Bready RJ. Infantile perineal protrusion: case report. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2009 Sep;30(3):287-8. PubMed PMID: 19696589.
Rensen SS, Slaats Y, Nijhuis J, Jans A, Bieghs V, Driessen A, Malle E, Greve JW, Buurman WA. Increased hepatic myeloperoxidase activity in obese subjects with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Am J Pathol. 2009 Oct;175(4):1473-82. PubMed PMID: 19729473.
Muntean AG, Hess JL. Epigenetic dysregulation in cancer. Am J Pathol. 2009 Oct;175(4):1353-61. PubMed PMID: 19717641.
Busam KJ, Murali R, Pulitzer M, McCarthy SW, Thompson JF, Shaw HM, Brady MS, Coit DG, Dusza S, Wilmott J, Kayton M, Laquaglia M, Scolyer RA. Atypical spitzoid melanocytic tumors with positive sentinel lymph nodes in children and teenagers, and comparison with histologically unambiguous and lethal melanomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2009 Sep;33(9):1386-95. PubMed PMID: 19609204.
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