Glucocorticoid receptor expression and cortisol level in cord blood of term infants

Journal of Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Medicine

Volumn 24, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1312-1316

  Imamura, Takashi ^a   Sato, Maki ^a   Hashimoto, Koichi ^a   Ishii, Tsutomu ^b   Goto, Aya ^a   Go, Hayato ^a   Kawarada, Tsutomu ^b   Kawasaki, Yukihiko ^a   Momoi, Nobuo ^a   Ujiie, Niro ^b   Fujimori, Keiya ^a   Hosoya, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization Fukushima Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

cord blood; cortisol; Glucocorticoid receptor; mononuclear cell; neonates

Indexed keywords

GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR BETA; GLYCERALDEHYDE 3 PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASE; HYDROCORTISONE;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PH; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE DOSAGE; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN CARE; NEWBORN PERIOD; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARITY; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VAGINAL DELIVERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLYCERALDEHYDE-3-PHOSPHATE DEHYDROGENASES; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKOCYTES, MONONUCLEAR; MALE; PREGNANCY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 80053957586     PISSN: 14767058     EISSN: 14764954     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/14767058.2010.548885     Document Type: Article

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