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ReviewNutrients2022

Metabolic Consequences of Glucocorticoid Exposure before Birth.

Abigail L Fowden, Owen R Vaughan, Andrew J Murray, Alison J Forhead

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Review in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
10.7field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

22 citing papers in PubMed, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Abigail L FowdenDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Owen R VaughanEGA Institute for Women's Health, University College London, London WC1E 6HX, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-7537-3264
Andrew J MurrayDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
Alison J ForheadDepartment of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, UK.
University of Cambridge · GBOxford Brookes University · GBUniversity College London · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glucocorticoids have an important role in development of the metabolic phenotype in utero. They act as environmental and maturational signals in adapting feto-placental metabolism to maximize the chances of survival both before and at birth. They influence placental nutrient handling and fetal metabolic processes to support fetal growth, fuel storage and energy production with respect to nutrient availability. More specifically, they regulate the transport, utilization and production of a range of nutrients by the feto-placental tissues that enables greater metabolic flexibility in utero while minimizing any further drain on maternal resources during periods of stress. Near term, the natural rise in fetal glucocorticoid concentrations also stimulates key metabolic adaptations that prepare tissues for the new energy demanding functions after birth. Glucocorticoids, therefore, have a central role in the metabolic communication between the mother, placenta and fetus that optimizes offspring metabolic phenotype for survival to reproductive age. This review discusses the effects of maternal and fetal glucocorticoids on the supply and utilization of nutrients by the feto-placental tissues with particular emphasis on studies using quantitative methods to assess metabolism in rodents and sheep in vivo during late pregnancy. It considers the routes of glucocorticoid overexposure in utero, including experimental administration of synthetic glucocorticoids, and the mechanisms by which these hormones control feto-placental metabolism at the molecular, cellular and systems levels. It also briefly examines the consequences of intrauterine glucocorticoid overexposure for postnatal metabolic health and the generational inheritance of metabolic phenotype.

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GlucocorticoidsPlacentaAnimalsFemaleFetal DevelopmentFetusParturitionPregnancySheepGlucocorticoidscortisolfetusglucocorticoidsmetabolismnutrientsplacenta

Identifiers

PMID35684104
PMCPMC9182938
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