Title : Alterations in human placental 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 and 2 with gestational age and labour.

Pub. Date : 2003 Aug

PMID : 12852864






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1 This decrease in type 2 activity, along with an increase in 11beta-HSD1 gene expression may be a mechanism by which cortisol concentrations rise at term to regulate fetal maturation and activate pathways associated with labour. Hydrocortisone hydroxysteroid 11-beta dehydrogenase 1 Homo sapiens