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Effect of dexamethasone on Fc γ receptor expression in foetal and neonatal rat gut

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When injected into 12-day-old suckling rats, dexamethasone caused a precocious disappearance of Fc γ receptors from enterocytes of the proximal small intestine. However, dexamethasone appeared to be necessary for the maintenance or production of such receptors in foetal rat gut cultured in vitro.

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  1. Department of Biology, Medical and Biological Sciences Building, University of Southampton, S09 3TU, Southampton, England

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Griffin, P., Wild, A.E. Effect of dexamethasone on Fc γ receptor expression in foetal and neonatal rat gut. Experientia 44, 242–245 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01941722

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