Insulin resistance and depressed cardiac G6PD activity induced by glucocorticoid exposure during pregnancy are attenuated by maternal estrogen-progestin therapy

•The present study sought to investigate the effects of maternal COC on dams that were exposed to late gestational GC•This study shows that maternal COC treatment with prior gestational GC exposure led to:•Attenuated insulin resistance,•Decreased cardiac adenosine deaminase, uric acid, lactate dehyd...

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