Development of the fetal intestine in mice lacking the glucocorticoid receptor (GR).

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During rodent development there are two surges of circulating corticosterone: one just prior to birth and then one in the third postnatal week. Prior studies have shown that the latter controls the rate of intestinal development in the postnatal period. To date, a role for the earlier surge in the prenatal phase of intestinal development has not been investigated. We hypothesized that the late fetal surge of...

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