Open AccessIs the Fetal Lung a Mineralocorticoid Receptor Target Organ? Induction of Cortisol-Regulated Genes in the Ovine Fetal Lung, Kidney and Small Intestine
Author(s) -
Maureen KellerWood,
M. Reitzenstein,
Jarret McCartney
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
neonatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.399
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1661-7819
pISSN - 1661-7800
DOI - 10.1159/000151755
Subject(s) - endocrinology , medicine , mineralocorticoid receptor , glucocorticoid receptor , mineralocorticoid , epithelial sodium channel , fetus , biology , kidney , glucocorticoid , lung , renal cortex , receptor , aldosterone , chemistry , sodium , pregnancy , genetics , organic chemistry
Lung, kidney and small intestine are involved in fetal volume regulation and amniotic fluid secretion and play a pivotal role in the transition from intrauterine to extrauterine life.
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