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Minireview: Glucocorticoid Regulation of Lung Development: Lessons Learned From Conditional GR Knockout Mice
23 Dec 2014
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Glucocorticoid (GC) steroid hormones have well-characterized roles in the regulation of systemic homeostasis, yet less understood is their known role in utero to mature the developing respiratory system in preparation for birth. During late gestation, endogenously produced GCs thin the interstitial tissue of the lung, causing the vasculature and future airspaces to come into close alignment, allowing for...
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