Fetal programming of sexual development and reproductive function

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 382, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 538-549

  Zambrano, Elena ^a   Guzmán, Carolina ^b   Rodríguez González, Guadalupe L ^a   Durand Carbajal, Marta ^a   Nathanielsz, Peter W ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal; Glucocorticoids; Maternal obesity; Maternal undernutrition; Neonatal; Sex steroids

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; CARBENOXOLONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; SEX HORMONE;

AGING; EXPERIMENTAL ANIMAL; FEMALE GENITAL SYSTEM; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REPRODUCTION; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

11Β-HSD2; 11Β-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; ACTH; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; AMH; ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANTIMULLERIAN HORMONE; AR; DES; DHT; DIETHYLSTILBESTROL; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; FETAL; FOLLICLE-STIMULATING HORMONE; FSH; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; GNRH; GONADOTROPIN-RELEASING HORMONE; GR; HPA; HYPOTHALAMIC-PITUITARY-ADRENAL; INTRAUTERINE GROWTH RESTRICTION; IUGR; LH; LUTEINIZING HORMONE; MATERNAL OBESITY; MATERNAL UNDERNUTRITION; NEONATAL; P450 SIDE CHAIN CLEAVAGE; P450SCC; PR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX STEROIDS; STAR; STEROID ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; MATERNAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; REPRODUCTION; SEXUAL MATURATION;

EID: 84888289902     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2013.09.008     Document Type: Review

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