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Megan C. Holmes

Kidney Research UK ORCID

182

Works

13,021

Citations

55

h-index

95

i10-index

Research Topics

Stress Responses and Cortisol Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension Birth, Development, and Health

Affiliations

University of California, Riverside2017–2017

National Institutes of Health1984–1987

St Thomas' Hospital1979–1985

University of Arizona1981–1981

University of Dundee1997–1997

Top Works

A mouse Mecp2-null mutation causes neurological symptoms that mimic Rett syndrome

Jacky Guy,Brian Hendrich,et al.

20011,560 citations

Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior

Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies

11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 knockout mice show attenuated glucocorticoid-inducible responses and resist hyperglycemia on obesity or stress

Yuri Kotelevtsev,Megan C. Holmes,et al.

1997852 citations

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

Karen E. Chapman,Megan C. Holmes,et al.

2013850 citations

Mechanisms of Disease: glucocorticoids, their placental metabolism and fetal 'programming' of adult pathophysiology

Jonathan R. Seckl,Megan C. Holmes

2007745 citations

Dexamethasone in the Last Week of Pregnancy Attenuates Hippocampal Glucocorticoid Receptor Gene Expression and Elevates Blood Pressure in the Adult Offspring in the Rat

Naomi Levitt,Robert S. Lindsay,et al.

1996535 citations

Novel Adipose Tissue–Mediated Resistance to Diet-Induced Visceral Obesity in 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1–Deficient Mice

Nicholas M. Morton,Janice M. Paterson,et al.

2004501 citations

Improved Lipid and Lipoprotein Profile, Hepatic Insulin Sensitivity, and Glucose Tolerance in 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 1 Null Mice

Nicholas M. Morton,Megan C. Holmes,et al.

2001436 citations

Metabolic syndrome without obesity: Hepatic overexpression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in transgenic mice

Janice M. Paterson,Nicholas M. Morton,et al.

2004432 citations

Prenatal glucocorticoid programming of brain corticosteroid receptors and corticotrophin-releasing hormone: possible implications for behaviour

Leonie Welberg,Jonathan R. Seckl,et al.

2001418 citations