Gokulakrishnan, Ganga

In utero glucocorticoid exposure reduces fetal skeletal muscle mass in rats independent of effects on maternal nutrition. [electronic resource] - American journal of physiology. Regulatory, integrative and comparative physiology May 2012 - R1143-52 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

1522-1490

10.1152/ajpregu.00466.2011 doi


Animals
Dexamethasone--pharmacology
Diaphragm--drug effects
Eating--drug effects
Female
Fetal Development--drug effects
Glucocorticoids--pharmacology
Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena--physiology
Models, Animal
Muscle Proteins--metabolism
Muscle, Skeletal--drug effects
Organ Size--drug effects
Pregnancy
Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects--metabolism
RNA, Messenger--metabolism
Rats
Rats, Sprague-Dawley
SKP Cullin F-Box Protein Ligases--metabolism
Tripartite Motif Proteins
Ubiquitin-Protein Ligases--metabolism
Weight Gain--drug effects