Prenatal glucocorticoid administration accelerates the maturation of fetal rat hepatocytes.
Tsukasa KobayashiYuko TakebaYuki OhtaMasanori OotakiKeisuke KidaMinoru WatanabeTaroh IiriNaoki MatsumotoPublished in: Molecular biology reports (2022)
The results suggest that prenatal GC administration leads to hepatocyte maturation via expression of HNF4α and HGF in preterm fetuses.