Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine

Neonat/Perinatology

Henry T. Akinbi, MB

Henry T. Akinbi, MB is an expert in the field of Neonat/Perinatology. He over the years received 1 awards: "Fellow (FAAP)". Henry Akinbi is also a published MD. He has 33 paper published. The most recent paper is: Rescue of SP-B knockout mice with a truncated SP-B proprotein. Function of the C-terminal propeptide.

Publications

Impact of Early Sodium Supplementation on Hyponatremia and Growth in Premature Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
Persistence of LPS-induced lung inflammation in surfactant protein-C-deficient mice.
Vitamin D status of early preterm infants and the effects of vitamin D intake during hospital stay.
Federal legislation and the advancement of neonatal drug studies.
The utility of serum hepcidin as a biomarker for late-onset neonatal sepsis.
Simvastatin is Protective During Staphylococcus aureus Pneumonia.
The effects of gestational age and birth weight on false-positive newborn-screening rates.
Surfactant protein B propeptide contains a saposin-like protein domain with antimicrobial activity at low pH.
Surfactant protein C-deficient mice are susceptible to respiratory syncytial virus infection.
Resistance to mucosal lysozyme compensates for the fitness deficit of peptidoglycan modifications by Streptococcus pneumoniae.
Host defense proteins on the surface of neonatal skin: implications for innate immunity.
The peptidoglycan-degrading property of lysozyme is not required for bactericidal activity in vivo.
Antimicrobial activity of native and synthetic surfactant protein B peptides.
Host defense proteins in vernix caseosa and amniotic fluid.
Mouse lysozyme M is important in pulmonary host defense against Klebsiella pneumoniae infection.
Early bubble CPAP and outcomes in ELBW preterm infants.
Surfactant protein B inhibits endotoxin-induced lung inflammation.
Vitamin D nutrition in pregnancy: current opinion.
Response to drs dryden and mactier.
Maternal and neonatal factors impacting response to methadone therapy in infants treated for neonatal abstinence syndrome.
Gastrointestinal and renal blood flow velocity profile in neonates with birth asphyxia.
Bacterial killing is enhanced by expression of lysozyme in the lungs of transgenic mice.
Neonatal jaundice. Strategies to reduce bilirubin-induced complications.
Altered surfactant protein B levels in transgenic mice do not affect clearance of bacteria from the lungs.
Surfactant protein B (SP-B) -/- mice are rescued by restoration of SP-B expression in alveolar type II cells but not Clara cells.
Rescue of SP-B knockout mice with a truncated SP-B proprotein. Function of the C-terminal propeptide.
Structural requirements for targeting of surfactant protein B (SP-B) to secretory granules in vitro and in vivo.
Comparison of the microbicidal and muramidase activities of mouse lysozyme M and P.
Macrosomic infants of nondiabetic mothers and elevated C-peptide levels in cord blood.
Increased susceptibility of purinergic receptor-deficient mice to lung infection with Pseudomonas aeruginosa.
Alterations in the host defense properties of human milk following prolonged storage or pasteurization.
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa flagellum confers resistance to pulmonary surfactant protein-A by impacting the production of exoproteases through quorum-sensing.

Doctors Specialties

Neonatal Medicine
Neonat/Perinatology

Accepted Insurances

Awards

Fellow (FAAP)

Education

Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
University of North Carolina Hospitals
Obafemi Awolowo College of Health Sciences, Ogun State University

Hospital

Christ Hospital
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

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