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glucocorticoid programming hypothesis: a standalone construct

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glucocorticoidprogramming hypothesis1 CONSTRUCTGlucocorticoidEDWARDS · DEVELOPMENTAL

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Developmental origins of health

the hypothesis that a weak placental 11-beta-HSD2 barrier lets maternal cortisol reach the fetus, reducing birth weight and programming later hypertension.

In developmental origins of health, glucocorticoid programming hypothesis refers to the hypothesis that a weak placental 11-beta-HSD2 barrier lets maternal cortisol reach the fetus, reducing birth weight and programming later hypertension. This meaning comes from Edwards (1993) in The Lancet.[1]

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References

  1. Edwards, C. R. W., Benediktsson, R., Lindsay, R. S., & Seckl, J. R. (1993). Dysfunction of placental glucocorticoid barrier: link between fetal environment and adult hypertension? The Lancet, 341(8841), 355-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/0140-6736(93)90148-a

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