Effects of glucocorticoid exposure on growth and structural maturation of the heart of the preterm piglet

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Kim, Min Young ^a   Eiby, Yvonne A ^a   Lumbers, Eugenie R ^a,b,c   Wright, Layne L ^a   Gibson, Karen J ^b   Barnett, Amanda C ^a   Lingwood, Barbara E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETAMETHASONE; BETAMETHASONE ACETATE PLUS BETAMETHASONE SODIUM PHOSPHATE; GLUCOCORTICOID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CELL NUCLEATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VOLUME; CELLULAR PARAMETERS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG REEXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART WEIGHT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MATURATION; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PIGLET; PREMATURITY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SARCOMERE LENGTH; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECTS; GESTATIONAL AGE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HEART FUNCTION TEST; HEART MUSCLE; NEWBORN; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUE; PIG; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; APOPTOSIS; BETAMETHASONE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEART VENTRICLES; MALE; MYOCARDIUM; MYOCYTES, CARDIAC; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; SWINE;

EID: 84899844523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093407     Document Type: Article

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