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Join us at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS)

The 33rd Annual Meeting of the European Society of Thoracic Surgery is going to be held in May 25-27, 2025 in Budapest, Hungary: https://estsmeeting.com.

This time, Translational Pediatrics (TP) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

Reviewer of the Month (2025)

In 2025, TP reviewers continue to make outstanding contributions to the peer review process. They demonstrated professional effort and enthusiasm in their reviews and provided comments that genuinely help the authors to enhance their work.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding reviewers, with a brief interview of their thoughts and insights as a reviewer. Allow us to express our heartfelt gratitude for their tremendous effort and valuable contributions to the scientific process.

Join us at the 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS)

The 105th Annual Meeting of American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) is going to be held at the Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA, USA from May 2 to 5, 2025: https://events.aats.org/am25.

As the world's most prestigious thoracic surgery event, the annual meeting of AATS helps grow one’s expertise, network with leading experts, and build the future of thoracic surgery.

This year Translational Pediatrics (TP) as well as its sister journals and books published by AME Publishing Company will be on display during this exciting academic event! We would like to seize this great opportunity to meet our authors, editorial board members and readers.

TP 2024 Annual Report

We are glad to present you the 2024 Annual Report of TP and would like to extend our sincere gratitude to our editorial board members, guest editors, reviewers, authors and readers.

We wish you a happy, healthy and prosperous 2025 and look forward to working with you in the new year to continue the success of TP.

Interviews with Editorial Board Members

TP features a distinguished editorial board, the members of which continue to instill the power of their expertise for the journal’s development. By launching this column, we are glad to introduce to you some of them in the form of interviews, in which they will share their unique career experiences and perspectives. We believe their insights will shed light on the knowledge of related fields.

Interviews with Guest Editors

Over the years, a number of TP guest editors have made valuable contributions to the journal. This column features interviews with our guest editors, who graciously share their experience in scientific careers and provide insightful perspectives on the special series.

New Impact Factor for Translational Pediatrics: 1.5

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has attained its new impact factor update for the 2023 citation year: 1.5.

Translational Pediatrics 2023 CiteScore Released: 4.5

We are pleased to announce that the Translational Pediatrics (TP) has received its 2023 CiteScore: 4.5, ranking 72 out of 330 journals in the Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health category.

Furthermore, we are delighted to highlight the remarkable achievements made by all AME journals in the CiteScore ranking.

Join us at the 1st World Summit for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Dr. Corno will have an oral poster presentation at 10:00-10:30 on June 7 about arterial switch and neurological outcomes, and Dr. Dodge-Khatami will be a Session Chair in Room Rossa at 14;00-18:00 on June 5 about the 3D simulation of cardiac surgery and a moderator for Session 12 at 8:20-9:50 on June 8, 2024 at ECHSA on AV Valves for single ventricle. We warmly welcome you meeting Dr. Corno and Dr. Dodge-Khatami in Bologna!

Interviews with Outstanding Authors (2024)

In 2024, many authors make outstanding contributions to our journal. Their articles published with us have received very well feedback in the field and stimulate a lot of discussions and new insights among the peers.

Hereby, we would like to highlight some of our outstanding authors who have been making immense efforts in their research fields, with a brief interview of their unique perspectives and insightful views as authors.

Announcement of TP New Co-Editor-in-Chief

The editorial office is pleased to announce that Dr. Antonio F. Corno is taking over as the Co-Editor-in-Chief of Translational Pediatric (TP) in tandem with Dr. Yu-Jia Yang, effective from May 25, 2023. Please join us in wishing Dr. Corno all the best in his new role!

Implementation of transparent peer review at Translational Pediatrics

With a commitment to openness and accountability, and to increase the level of transparency throughout our peer review process, our editorial office has decided to implement a transparent peer review process as an option for all manuscripts submitted to TP from March 19, 2020.

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Vol 14, No 2 (February, 2025)

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Original Article

Headache attributed to rhinosinusitis in pediatric patients: clinical insights and diagnostic implications

Eu Gene Park, Seung Beom Han, Jin Lee, Jee Min Kim, Ji Yoon Han

PDF Pages: 161-170 Full Text (264) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Mitophagy and immune cell interaction: insights into pathogenesis and potential targets for necrotizing enterocolitis

Xinyun Jin, Wenqiang Sun, Yihui Li, Xueping Zhu

PDF Pages: 171-186 Full Text (319) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Impacts of red blood cell suspension storage on pediatric outcomes: pediatric medicine and pediatric surgery

Mingwei Yin, Guannan Bai, Yangyang Zhong, Jihua Ma, Dandan Tian, Xuying Guo, Chao Zhou, Baohai Chen, Xuejun Chen, Zhigang Gao

PDF Pages: 187-199 Full Text (189) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Management of pediatric renal trauma with urinary extravasation: a retrospective study in a single clinical center

Xiaojiang Zhu, Saisai Liu, Yunfei Guo, Yongji Deng

PDF Pages: 200-207 Full Text (148) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Development and validation of an explainable machine learning-based prediction model for primary Kawasaki disease complicated with coronary artery aneurysms

Zixia Song, Hongjun Ming, Bin Liu, Dong Liu

PDF Pages: 208-221 Full Text (209) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Clinical, genetic characteristics and long-term follow-up of sitosterolemia in children

Shuyue Huang, Mu Du, Xi’ou Wang, Yi Liu, Fuying Song

PDF Pages: 222-230 Full Text (153) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Comparative analysis of laparoscopic and transumbilical incision open pyeloplasty for treatment of infants with ureteropelvic junction obstruction: a clinical efficacy and safety study

Han Chu, Qifei Deng, Yongsheng Cao, Xin Yu

PDF Pages: 231-239 Full Text (143) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Early genetic sequencing in neonates with hyperkalemia: a retrospective cross-sectional study

Wenyi Liang, Fanshu Xu, Yulan Lu, Huiyao Chen, Xiang Chen, Hui Xiao, Liyuan Hu

PDF Pages: 240-251 Full Text (180) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Weaning strategies for osmotic laxatives in children with functional constipation: a pilot multicenter randomized controlled trial

Yoo Min Lee, Ju Young Kim, Kyung Jae Lee

PDF Pages: 252-261 Full Text (231) Reporting Checklist Trial Protocol Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Non-invasive brain stimulation for upper extremity dysfunction in children with cerebral palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Yage Zhang, Mengru Zhong, Tingting Peng, Tingting Chen, Simian Cai, Zhaofang Chen, Kaishou Xu

PDF Pages: 262-285 Full Text (204) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Peripheral blood cytokine expression levels and their clinical significance in children with influenza

Yanxia Zou, Mengwei Ding, Yidan Zheng, Ge Dai, Ting Wang, Canhong Zhu, Yongdong Yan, Jufen Xu, Renzheng Wang, Zhengrong Chen

PDF Pages: 286-297 Full Text (215) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A prospective clinical study of allergy progression in identical and fraternal twin pairs of children

Jing Wang, Li Wang, Shuang Liu, Yuling Han, Darryl J. Adamko, Lu Cheng, Jingjing Gao, Yun Zhang, Xiang Ma, Aihua Cao

PDF Pages: 298-310 Full Text (219) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Series

Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy and deproteinization in teeth with molar incisor hypomineralization: a case series

Amanda Rafaelly Honório Mandetta, Carolina Carvalho Bortoletto, Ana Paula Taboada Sobral, Thais Gimenez, Caroline Diniz Pagani Vieira Ribeiro, Lara Jansiski Motta, Anna Carolina Ratto Tempestini Horliana, Raquel Agnelli Mesquita-Ferrari, Renato Araujo Prates, Alessandro Melo Deana, Cinthya Cosme Gutierrez Duran, Rita de Cássia Loiola Cordeiro, Kristianne Porta Santos Fernandes, Lourdes Aparecida Martins Dos Santos-Pinto, Sandra Kalil Bussadori

PDF Pages: 311-321 Full Text (236) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Case Report

Mechanical thrombectomy in an 18-month-old infant with acute ischemic stroke with large core infarct and late time window: a case report

Bin Zhao, Taining Zhang, Ruifeng Xu, Weikai Wang, Rong Yin

PDF Pages: 322-328 Full Text (209) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and treatment of epilepsy: a case report

Nan Wu, Jibin Ren, Guodong Li, Yongjun Wang, Xi Wu, Dong Li, Yuqin Zhang, Zhongbin Zhang

PDF Pages: 329-337 Full Text (153) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A novel polyribonucleotide nucleotidyltransferase 1 (PNPT1) gene variant potentially associated with combined oxidative phosphorylation deficiency 13: case report and literature review

Yan-Yan Li, Yan Gao, Xiong-Xiong Zhong, Guang-Fu Chen

PDF Pages: 338-349 Full Text (220) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Aortic dissection in children: case report and literature review

Yujiang Liu, Dong Huang, Yun Pan, Hongbo Luo, Ying Wang, Wengang Yang, Long Xiang

PDF Pages: 350-359 Full Text (162) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Association of testicular calcifications and intracranial germinoma: a case report and review of the literature

Jian-Wei Huang, Yi-Fei Wang, Bao-Yu Zhang, Chao-Ran Jia, Hong-Yu Liu, Xin Liu, Zhuo-Peng Ye, Shuang-Qi Gao, Ying Guo

PDF Pages: 360-366 Full Text (160) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

A rare de novo mutation, m.1630A>G, in the mitochondrial tRNAVal (MT-TV) gene in a child with epilepsy: case report and review of the literature

Qiong Wang, Yan Chen, Jun Li, Baomin Li

PDF Pages: 367-372 Full Text (158) Reporting Checklist Peer Review File COI Form Open Access

Original Article

Clinical analysis of 10 neonates born to mothers with 2019-nCoV pneumonia

Huaping Zhu, Lin Wang, Chengzhi Fang, Sicong Peng, Lianhong Zhang, Guiping Chang, Shiwen Xia, Wenhao Zhou

Published online: 21 February 2020

PDF Pages: 51-60 Full Text (92219) Open Access

Review Article

Autism spectrum disorder: definition, epidemiology, causes, and clinical evaluation

Holly Hodges, Casey Fealko, Neelkamal Soares

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S55-S65 Full Text (68598) Open Access

Review Article

Recovery of steroid induced adrenal insufficiency

Areej K. Younes, Noor K. Younes

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 269-273 Full Text (66195) Open Access

Review Article

Dermatologic manifestations of endocrine disorders

Michael Lause, Alisha Kamboj, Esteban Fernandez Faith

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 300-312 Full Text (58242) Open Access

Review Article

Cerebral palsy in children: a clinical overview

Dilip R. Patel, Mekala Neelakantan, Karan Pandher, Joav Merrick

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S125-S135 Full Text (51224) Open Access

Review Article

A clinical primer on intellectual disability

Dilip R. Patel, Maria Demma Cabral, Arlene Ho, Joav Merrick

Published online: 22 February 2020

PDF Pages: S23-S35 Full Text (50240) Open Access

Rare Diseases Column (Review Article)

Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

Naz Al Hafid, John Christodoulou

Published online: 31 October 2015

PDF Pages: 304-317 Full Text (41822) Open Access

Review Article

Hypoglycemia in the preterm neonate: etiopathogenesis, diagnosis, management and long-term outcomes

Anudeepa Sharma, Ajuah Davis, Prem S. Shekhawat

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 335-348 Full Text (41573) Open Access

Review Article

Non-accidental trauma in pediatric patients: a review of epidemiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis and treatment

Alexandra R. Paul, Matthew A. Adamo

Published online: 31 July 2014

PDF Pages: 195-207 Full Text (37154) Open Access

Review Article

Transient hypothyroidism in the newborn: to treat or not to treat

Neelakanta Kanike, Ajuah Davis, Prem S. Shekhawat

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 349-358 Full Text (34769) Open Access

Review Article

Participation in sports in relation to adolescent growth and development

Kelly A. Brown, Dilip R. Patel, Daphne Darmawan

Published online: 24 July 2017

PDF Pages: 150-159 Full Text (32438) Open Access

Review Article

Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

Yue Huang, Sui Yu, Zhanhe Wu, Beisha Tang

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 108-119 Full Text (31576) Open Access

Review Article

Ophthalmic manifestations of endocrine disorders—endocrinology and the eye

Alisha Kamboj, Michael Lause, Priyanka Kumar

Published online: 31 October 2017

PDF Pages: 286-299 Full Text (30738) Open Access

Review Article

Mesenchymal stem cells: potential application in intervertebral disc regeneration

Aiqun Wei, Bojiang Shen, Lisa Williams, Ashish Diwan

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 71-90 Full Text (30534) Open Access

Review Article

Uniparental disomy in Robertsonian translocations: strategies for uniparental disomy testing

Moh-Ying Yip

Published online: 01 April 2014

PDF Pages: 98-107 Full Text (27542) Open Access

Review Article

Antibiotics in inflammatory bowel diseases: do we know what we’re doing?

Oren Ledder

Published online: 28 January 2019

PDF Pages: 42-55 Full Text (26591) Open Access

Review Article

Pharmacological treatment of anxiety disorders in children and adolescents: a review for practitioners

Dilip R. Patel, Cynthia Feucht, Kelly Brown, Jessica Ramsay

Published online: 14 January 2018

PDF Pages: 23-35 Full Text (26266) Open Access

Review Articles

Research advances in neonatal hypoglycemic brain injury

Jun Su, Li Wang

Published online: 08 October 2012

PDF Pages: 108-115 Full Text (24449) Open Access

Review Article

1^st trimester miscarriage: four decades of study

Kathy Hardy, Philip John Hardy

Published online: 28 April 2015

PDF Pages: 189-200 Full Text (23697) Open Access

Original Article

Sigh syndrome during the COVID-19 pandemic: Is it a signal of the mental health status of Chinese children and adolescents?

Yijie Huang, Huiyun Zhang, Yinghong Fan, Maosheng Ji, Li Wang, Tao Ai

Published online: 07 February 2021

PDF Pages: 415-422 Full Text (23612) Reporting Checklist Data Sharing Statement COI Form Open Access

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Original Article

Association of folate metabolism genes MTHFR and MTRR with multiple complex congenital malformation risk in Chinese population of Shanxi

Qin Zhang, Baoling Bai, Xiaozhen Liu, Chunyue Miao, Huili Li

Evaluation of cerebral function in high risk term infants by using a scoring system based on aEEG

Fang Luo, Zheng Chen, Huijia Lin, Chenhong Wang, Xiaolu Ma, Liping Shi

Visuoperceptual sequelae in children with hemophilia and intracranial hemorrhage

Guadalupe Morales, Esmeralda Matute, Erin T. O’Callaghan, Joan Murray, Alberto Tlacuilo-Parra

Methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms at 3'-untranslated region are associated with susceptibility to preterm birth

Qin Zhu, Ying Chen, Jianrong Dai, Benjing Wang, Minjuan Liu, Yun Wang, Jianying Tao, Hong Li

Review Article

Distress and adjustment among adolescents and young adults with cancer: an empirical and conceptual review

Ursula M. Sansom-Daly, Claire E. Wakefield

Preoperative chemotherapy and local stage III in nephroblastoma

Norbert Graf, Rhoikos Furtwängler

Genetics of hereditary neurological disorders in children

Yue Huang, Sui Yu, Zhanhe Wu, Beisha Tang

Preterm birth and single nucleotide polymorphisms in cytokine genes

Qin Zhu, Jian Sun, Ying Chen

Advances and issues in flow cytometric detection of immunophenotypic changes and genomic rearrangements in acute pediatric leukemia

Xin Maggie Wang

Pediatric hepatoblastoma: diagnosis and treatment

Eiso Hiyama

Genetic causes of cancer predisposition in children and adolescents

Federica Saletta, Luciano Dalla Pozza, Jennifer A. Byrne

Down syndrome and leukemia: insights into leukemogenesis and translational targets

Marion K. Mateos, Draga Barbaric, Sally-Anne Byatt, Rosemary Sutton, Glenn M. Marshall

Spanning the genomics era: the vital role of a single institution biorepository for childhood cancer research over a decade

Li Zhou, Daniel Catchpoole

Regenerative medicine therapy for single ventricle congenital heart disease

Chetan Ambastha, Gregory J. Bittle, David Morales, Nathaniel Parchment, Progyaparamita Saha, Rachana Mishra, Sudhish Sharma, Alexander Vasilenko, Muthukumar Gunasekaran, Manal T. Al-Suqi, Deqiang Li, Peixin Yang, Sunjay Kaushal

Original Articles

A pilot trial on the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux-related cough in infants

Darryl J. Adamko, Carina M. Majaesic, Christopher Skappak, Adrian B. Jones

Cloning and sequence analysis of SLC25A13 transcripts in human amniocytes

Zhan-Hui Zhang, Xin-Jing Zhao, Yuan-Zong Song, Xiao-Mei Tang, Qing-Bing Zha

Pneumatically-driven external pressure applicator to augment Fontan hemodynamics: preliminary findings

Amy L. Throckmorton, Sonya S. Bhavsar, Steven G. Chopski, William B. Moskowitz

Epidemiological survey and analysis of asthma in children aged 0-14 years old in urban and rural areas of Chengdu region

Min Li, Qiong Zhang, Wei-Juan Shi, Lan Li, Yan Li, Ying Pang, Bin Yao, Hong Jiang

Review Articles

The concept and practice of Fanconi Anemia: from the clinical bedside to the laboratory bench

Zhan-He Wu

Editorials

Brain size and neuropsychological functioning in long-term survivors of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia

Jean M. Mulcahy Levy, Stephen P. Hunger

Research Highlights

Pediatric high-grade gliomas: survival at what cost?

Katherine E. Warren

Is quarterly bolus vitamin D₃ supplementation adequate to prevent childhood pneumonia?

Ursula Thiem, Enikö Kállay, Kyra Borchhardt

Column on Metabolism of Childhood Cancer

Lin28 and let-7 in cell metabolism and cancer

Liem H. Nguyen, Hao Zhu

Energy metabolism in neurodevelopment and medulloblastoma

Katherine Tech, Timothy R. Gershon

Energy metabolism in neuroblastoma and Wilms tumor

Sepideh Aminzadeh, Silvia Vidali, Wolfgang Sperl, Barbara Kofler, René G. Feichtinger

Metabolism of Childhood Cancer Column (Review Article)

Translational development of difluoromethylornithine (DFMO) for the treatment of neuroblastoma

Hamid Bassiri, Adriana Benavides, Michelle Haber, Susan K. Gilmour, Murray D. Norris, Michael D. Hogarty

Rare Diseases Column (Review Article)

Phenylketonuria: a review of current and future treatments

Naz Al Hafid, John Christodoulou

Below are the latest Translational Pediatrics articles published online ahead of print publication.

Original Article

Analysis of the incidence and risk factors of fever-related ureteral stent-associated urinary tract infection in pediatric patients: a retrospective study

Chengpin Tao, Yongsheng Cao

Published online: 24 March 2025

Original Article

Clinical characteristics of infants with protracted bacterial bronchitis: an observational cohort study

Yaping Xie, Chen Chen, Diyuan Yang, Xuehua Xu, Gen Lu, Huifeng Fan

Published online: 24 March 2025

Journal Highlight more

Translational Pediatrics is an open access, peer-reviewed international journal indexed by PubMed/PMC and Science Citation Indexed Expanded (SCIE), focusing on all aspects of health care in newborns, children and adolescents. Contributions pertinent to pediatrics are also included from related fields such as nutrition, surgery, respiration, dentistry, urology, public health, child health services, human genetics, basic sciences, psychology, psychiatry, education, sociology, and nursing.