Size at birth, gestational age and cortisol secretion in adult life: foetal programming of both hyper- and hypocortisolism?
These data suggest that the relationship between size at birth and cortisol concentrations in adult life is different in subjects born at different gestational ages: both hyper- and hypocortisolism may arise as a consequence of foetal programming of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during intrauterine life.
Hyaluronate is an abundant extracellular component of crescents, and may play a critical role in their formation, by its effects on migration and activation of CD44+ lymphocytes, monocyte/macrophages, fibroblasts and epithelial cells.