The clinical use of corticosteroids in pregnancy

A population-based, multifaceted strategy to implement antenatal corticosteroid treatment versus standard care for the reduction of neonatal mortality due to preterm birth in low-income and middle-income countries: the ACT cluster-randomised trial

(2015) Fernando Althabe et al.   LANCET

Trends in Optimal, Suboptimal, and Questionably Appropriate Receipt of Antenatal Corticosteroid Prophylaxis

(2015) Neda Razaz et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children After Repeat Doses of Antenatal Glucocorticoids: An RCT

(2015) C. J. D. McKinlay et al.   PEDIATRICS

Intrafetal glucose infusion alters glucocorticoid signaling and reduces surfactant protein mRNA expression in the lung of the late-gestation sheep fetus

(2014) Erin V. McGillick et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Unraveling the functions of the membrane-bound glucocorticoid receptors: first clues on origin and functional activity

(2014) Cindy Strehl et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Combined oral prednisolone and heparin versus heparin: the effect on peripheral NK cells and clinical outcome in patients with unexplained recurrent miscarriage. A double-blind placebo randomized controlled trial

(2014) Mostafa F. Gomaa et al.   ARCHIVES OF GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS

Role of the 5′-untranslated regions in post-transcriptional regulation of the human glucocorticoid receptor

(2014) Jonathan D. Turner et al.   Biochimica et Biophysica Acta-Gene Regulatory Mechanisms

Antenatal steroids

(2014) Ewa Romejko-Wolniewicz et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY

Comprehensive Overview of the Structure and Regulation of the Glucocorticoid Receptor

(2014) Sofie Vandevyver et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

Factors associated with the use of prenatal corticosteroids in the management of preterm delivery in Chinese hospitals

(2014) Xi Wang et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS

An Update on the Impact of Postnatal Systemic Corticosteroids on Mortality and Cerebral Palsy in Preterm Infants: Effect Modification by Risk of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

(2014) Lex W. Doyle et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

Perinatal Quality Collaboratives: Improving Care for Mothers and Infants

(2014) Zsakeba T. Henderson et al.   JOURNAL OF WOMENS HEALTH

Glucocorticoids and fetal programming part 1: outcomes

(2014) Vasilis G. Moisiadis et al.   Nature Reviews Endocrinology

The human placenta expresses multiple glucocorticoid receptor isoforms that are altered by fetal sex, growth restriction and maternal asthma

(2014) Z. Saif et al.   PLACENTA

Early Dexamethasone Treatment Induces Placental Apoptosis in Sheep

(2014) Thorsten Braun et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Preterm labor: One syndrome, many causes

(2014) R. Romero et al.   SCIENCE

Association between gestational age at birth, antenatal corticosteroids, and outcomes at 5 years: multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth study at 5 years of age (MACS-5)

(2014) Elizabeth Asztalos et al.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

More Evidence That Unnecessary Antenatal Treatments Cause Harm

(2014) Sarah J. Stock et al.   JAMA Pediatrics

Preterm Birth, Intrauterine Infection, and Fetal Inflammation

(2014) Matthew W. Kemp   Frontiers in Immunology

Antenatal betamethasone has a sex-dependent effect on the in vivo response to endothelin in adult sheep

(2013) Jeong-Heon Lee et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-REGULATORY INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY

Study protocol: the relation of birth weight and infant growth trajectories with physical fitness, physical activity and sedentary behavior at 8-9 years of age - the ABCD study

(2013) Arend W van Deutekom et al.   BMC Pediatrics

Epidemiology of Moderate Preterm, Late Preterm and Early Term Delivery

(2013) Cande V. Ananth et al.   CLINICS IN PERINATOLOGY

Early-Life Glucocorticoid Exposure: The Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis, Placental Function, and Long-term Disease Risk

(2013) Thorsten Braun et al.   ENDOCRINE REVIEWS

Maternal Undernutrition Programs Tissue-Specific Epigenetic Changes in the Glucocorticoid Receptor in Adult Offspring

(2013) Ghazala Begum et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Does lung development differ in male and female fetuses?

(2013) Noreen Ishak et al.   EXPERIMENTAL LUNG RESEARCH

Glucocorticoid receptor is required for foetal heart maturation

(2013) Eva A. Rog-Zielinska et al.   HUMAN MOLECULAR GENETICS

The biology of the glucocorticoid receptor: New signaling mechanisms in health and disease

(2013) Robert H. Oakley et al.   JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

Glucocorticoids and foetal heart maturation; implications for prematurity and foetal programming

(2013) Eva A Rog-Zielinska et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

Determinants of the Heightened Activity of Glucocorticoid Receptor Translational Isoforms

(2013) Ingrid K. Bender et al.   MOLECULAR ENDOCRINOLOGY

11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenases: Intracellular Gate-Keepers of Tissue Glucocorticoid Action

(2013) Karen Chapman et al.   PHYSIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

Use of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth in Latin America: providers knowledge, attitudes and practices

(2013) Alicia Aleman et al.   Reproductive Health

Regulation of lung surfactant phospholipid synthesis and metabolism

(2012) Victoria Goss et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF LIPIDS

Clinical Pharmacokinetics and Pharmacodynamics of Prednisolone and Prednisone in Solid Organ Transplantation

(2012) Troels K. Bergmann et al.   CLINICAL PHARMACOKINETICS

Sexually Dimorphic Effects of Maternal Nutrient Reduction on Expression of Genes Regulating Cortisol Metabolism in Fetal Baboon Adipose and Liver Tissues

(2012) C. Guo et al.   DIABETES

Definitions of infertility and recurrent pregnancy loss: a committee opinion

(2012)   FERTILITY AND STERILITY

Increased risk for respiratory distress among white, male, late preterm and term infants

(2012) J S Anadkat et al.   Journal of Perinatology

National, regional, and worldwide estimates of preterm birth rates in the year 2010 with time trends since 1990 for selected countries: a systematic analysis and implications

(2012) Hannah Blencowe et al.   LANCET

Antenatal Steroids for Treatment of Fetal Lung Immaturity After 34 Weeks of Gestation

(2012) Beena D. Kamath-Rayne et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Effect of Antenatal Corticosteroids on Fetal Growth and Gestational Age at Birth

(2012) Kellie E. Murphy et al.   OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Glucocorticoid excess and the developmental origins of disease: Two decades of testing the hypothesis – 2012 Curt Richter Award Winner

(2012) Rebecca M. Reynolds   PSYCHONEUROENDOCRINOLOGY

Antenatal glucocorticoids reduce growth in appropriately grown and growth-restricted ovine fetuses in a sex-specific manner

(2012) Suzanne L. Miller et al.   REPRODUCTION FERTILITY AND DEVELOPMENT

Epidemiology of late and moderate preterm birth

(2012) Carrie K. Shapiro-Mendoza et al.   Seminars in Fetal & Neonatal Medicine

An Insight into the Diverse Roles of Surfactant Proteins, SP-A and SP-D in Innate and Adaptive Immunity

(2012) Annapurna Nayak et al.   Frontiers in Immunology

Repeated antenatal corticosteroid treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2011) OUTI M. PELTONIEMI et al.   ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Gender role behaviour in prenatally dexamethasone-treated children at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia - a pilot study

(2011) Tatja Hirvikoski et al.   ACTA PAEDIATRICA

Prenatal betamethasone exposure has sex specific effects in reversal learning and attention in juvenile baboons

(2011) Jesse S. Rodriguez et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Challenges in defining and classifying the preterm birth syndrome

(2011) Michael S. Kramer et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Growth in the neonatal period after repeat courses of antenatal corticosteroids: data from the ACTORDS randomised trial

(2011) Malcolm Battin et al.   Archives of Disease in Childhood-Fetal and Neonatal Edition

A conference report on prenatal corticosteroid use in low- and middle-income countries

(2011) Elizabeth M. McClure et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GYNECOLOGY & OBSTETRICS

Association of Antenatal Corticosteroids With Mortality and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Among Infants Born at 22 to 25 Weeks' Gestation

(2011) Waldemar A. Carlo   JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

Chronic Fetal Exposure to Ureaplasma parvum Suppresses Innate Immune Responses in Sheep

(2011) S. G. Kallapur et al.   JOURNAL OF IMMUNOLOGY

Antenatal Corticosteroids Promote Survival of Extremely Preterm Infants Born at 22 to 23 Weeks of Gestation

(2011) Rintaro Mori et al.   JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

The basis and value of currently used immunomodulatory therapies in recurrent miscarriage

(2011) A.S. Bansal et al.   JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Dexamethasone induces apoptosis in the developing rat amygdala in an age-, region-, and sex-specific manner

(2011) D.G. Zuloaga et al.   NEUROSCIENCE

Repeated antenatal corticosteroid treatments adversely affect neural transmission time and auditory thresholds in laboratory rats

(2011) M.W. Church et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY

The Effects of Dexamethasone Treatment in Early Gestation on Hypothalamic–Pituitary–Adrenal Responses and Gene Expression at 7 Months of Postnatal Age in Sheep

(2011) Shaofu Li et al.   Reproductive Sciences

Th1/Th2/Th17 and Regulatory T-Cell Paradigm in Pregnancy

(2010) Shigeru Saito et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF REPRODUCTIVE IMMUNOLOGY

Recurrent miscarriage and autoimmunity

(2010) Amolak S Bansal et al.   Expert Review of Clinical Immunology

Repeated courses of antenatal corticosteroids: Are there effects on the infant's auditory brainstem responses?

(2010) Michael W. Church et al.   NEUROTOXICOLOGY AND TERATOLOGY

Postnatal Corticosteroids to Prevent or Treat Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia

(2010) K. L. Watterberg et al.   PEDIATRICS

Mechanisms Underlying Lineage Commitment and Plasticity of Helper CD4+ T Cells

(2010) J. J. O'Shea et al.   SCIENCE

The risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes in women who are overweight or obese

(2010) Chaturica Athukorala et al.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Is antenatal steroid treatment effective in preterm IUGR fetuses?

(2009) Helen L. Torrance et al.   ACTA OBSTETRICIA ET GYNECOLOGICA SCANDINAVICA

Ureaplasma colonization of amniotic fluid and efficacy of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm lung maturation in sheep

(2009) Timothy J.M. Moss et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

Glucocorticoid receptor (GR) β has intrinsic, GRα-independent transcriptional activity

(2009) Tomoshige Kino et al.   BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOPHYSICAL RESEARCH COMMUNICATIONS

Human glucocorticoid receptor isoform β: recent understanding of its potential implications in physiology and pathophysiology

(2009) Tomoshige Kino et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Effects of Maternal Dexamethasone Treatment in Early Pregnancy on Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Fetal Sheep

(2009) Thorsten Braun et al.   ENDOCRINOLOGY

Regulatory T-cells and immune tolerance in pregnancy: a new target for infertility treatment?

(2009) L. R. Guerin et al.   HUMAN REPRODUCTION UPDATE

Widespread microbial invasion of the chorioamniotic membranes is a consequence and not a cause of intra-amniotic infection

(2009) Mi Jeong Kim et al.   LABORATORY INVESTIGATION

Review: Sex and the Human Placenta: Mediating Differential Strategies of Fetal Growth and Survival

(2009) V.L. Clifton   PLACENTA

Differing Prevalence and Diversity of Bacterial Species in Fetal Membranes from Very Preterm and Term Labor

(2009) Hannah E. Jones et al.   PLoS One

Prednisolone Trial: Study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of prednisolone for women with idiopathic recurrent miscarriage and raised levels of uterine natural killer (uNK) cells in the endometrium

(2009) Ai-Wei Tang et al.   Trials

The Effect of Changing Patterns of Obstetric Care in Scotland (1980–2004) on Rates of Preterm Birth and Its Neonatal Consequences: Perinatal Database Study

(2009) Jane E. Norman et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Assessment of the Impact of Dosing Time on the Pharmacokinetics/Pharmacodynamics of Prednisolone

(2008) Jian Xu et al.   AAPS Journal

First-trimester pregnancy-associated plasma protein A and subsequent abnormalities of fetal growth

(2008) Suzanne E. Peterson et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY

CD4 T cells: fates, functions, and faults

(2008) J. Zhu et al.   BLOOD

Lung maturation in small for gestational age fetuses from pregnancies complicated by placental insufficiency or maternal hypertension

(2008) H.L. Torrance et al.   EARLY HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Long-term follow-up of prenatally treated children at risk for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: does dexamethasone cause behavioural problems?

(2008) Tatja Hirvikoski et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF ENDOCRINOLOGY

Epidemiology and causes of preterm birth

(2008) Robert L Goldenberg et al.   LANCET

Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth (MACS): a randomised controlled trial

(2008) Kellie E Murphy et al.   LANCET

Fetal Growth Restriction

(2008) Jena Miller et al.   SEMINARS IN PERINATOLOGY

Use of antenatal corticosteroids prior to preterm birth in four South East Asian countries within the SEA-ORCHID project

(2008) Porjai Pattanittum et al.   BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth