ESPE Abstracts

Introduction: Prematurity, a worldwide health issue, is often associated with renal tubular immaturity leading to major salt loss, whose mechanisms remain poorly understood. Moreover, these premature infants are prone to develop hypertension early in adulthood.Objective: To study the ontogenesis of renal mineralocorticoid and glucocorticoid signaling pathways in preterm infants and to evaluate their respective role during neonatal adaptation and in the e...