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To: axial who wrote (97)	5/10/2017 11:11:21 PM
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Brain Behav Immun. 2017 Mar 10. pii: S0889-1591(17)30066-1. doi: 10.1016/j.bbi.2017.03.004. [Epub ahead of print] Immuno-modulator inter-alpha inhibitor proteins ameliorate complex auditory processing deficits in rats with neonatal hypoxic-ischemic brain injury. Threlkeld SW1, Lim YP2, La Rue M3, Gaudet C3, Stonestreet BS4. Author information 1Department of Neuroscience, Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston, MA 02493, USA. Electronic address: Steven.Threlkeld@regiscollege.edu.2ProThera Biologics, Inc., Providence, RI 02903, USA; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Providence, RI 02912, USA.3Departments of Psychology and Biology, Rhode Island College, 600 Mount Pleasant Ave., Providence, RI 02904, USA.4Department of Pediatrics, The Alpert Medical School of Brown University, Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, 101 Dudley Street, Providence, RI 02905, USA. Abstract Hypoxic-ischemic (HI) brain injury is recognized as a significant problem in the perinatal period, contributing to life-long language-learning and other cognitive impairments. Central auditory processing deficits are common in infants with hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy and have been shown to predict language learning deficits in other at risk infant populations. Inter-alpha inhibitor proteins (IAIPs) are a family of structurally related plasma proteins that modulate the systemic inflammatory response to infection and have been shown to attenuate cell death and improve learning outcomes after neonatal brain injury in rats. Here, we show that systemic administration of IAIPs during the early HI injury cascade ameliorates complex auditory discrimination deficits as compared to untreated HI injured subjects, despite reductions in brain weight. These findings have significant clinical implications for improving central auditory processing deficits linked to language learning in neonates with HI related brain injury. Background...... prometic.com