Perinatal programming of metabolic diseases: the role of glucocorticoids
The worldwide increase in metabolic diseases has urged the scientific community to improve our understanding about the mechanisms underlying its cause and effects. A well supported area of studies had related maternal stress with early programming to the later metabolic diseases. Mechanisms upon origins of metabolic disturbances are not yet fully understood, even though stressful factors rising glucocorticoids have been put out as pivotal trigger by programming metabolic diseases as long-term consequence.
Source: Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental - Category: Biomedical Science Authors: J úlia Cristina Facchi, Thalyne Aparecida Leite de Lima, Lucas Ryba de Oliveira, Hercules de Oliveira Costermani, Ginislene Dias de Souza Miranda, Júlio Cezar de Oliveira Source Type: research