Maternal exposure to dexamethasone or cortisol in early pregnancy differentially alters insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis in adult male sheep offspring

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  De Blasio, M J ^a   Dodic, M ^b   Jefferies, A J ^b   Moritz, K M ^b   Wintour, E M ^b   Owens, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Disposition index; Glucose tolerance

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; FATTY ACID; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; HYDROCORTISONE; NITROGEN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; GESTATION PERIOD; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; INTRAVENOUS GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; POSTNATAL GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG EVALUATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOSE; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; HOMEOSTASIS; HYDROCORTISONE; INSULIN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY, ANIMAL; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SHEEP;

EID: 34547129076     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00689.2006     Document Type: Article

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