LC-MS/MS-based reference intervals for hair cortisol in healthy children

I de Kruijff, G Noppe, N Kieviet, V Choenni… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Human scalp hair is a valuable matrix for determining long-term cortisol
concentrations, with wide-spread applicability in clinical care as well as research. However …

Hair glucocorticoid levels in Parkinson's disease

LL van den Heuvel, S du Plessis, T Stalder… - …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background Parkinson's disease (PD) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) share certain
pathophysiological pathways, including hypothalamic pituitary adrenal (HPA) axis …

Stressed-out oral immunity: a gateway from socioeconomic adversity to periodontal disease

N Gomaa, M Glogauer, B Nicolau… - Psychosomatic …, 2020 - journals.lww.com
Objective It has been suggested that adverse socioeconomic conditions “get under the skin”
by eliciting a stress response that can trigger periodontal inflammation. We aimed to a) …

Diurnal rhythmicity in breast-milk glucocorticoids, and infant behavior and sleep at age 3 months

AA Toorop, B van der Voorn, JJ Hollanders, LR Dijkstra… - Endocrine, 2020 - Springer
Purpose In previous studies, associations between breast-milk cortisol levels obtained on
one occasion and infant neurodevelopment were demonstrated. However, more recent …

Biphasic glucocorticoid rhythm in one-month-old infants: reflection of a developing HPA-Axis?

JJ Hollanders, B van der Voorn… - The Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context The hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis displays a diurnal rhythm. However,
little is known about its development in early life. Objective To describe HPA-axis activity and …

In adults with obesity, copeptin is linked with BMI but is not associated with long-term exposure to cortisol and cortisone

ES van der Valk, B van der Voorn… - European Journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Context Obesity and cardiometabolic diseases are associated with higher long-term
glucocorticoid levels, measured as scalp hair cortisol (HairF) and cortisone (HairE) …

[PDF][PDF] Diurnal rhythmicity in breast-milk glucocorticoids and infant behavior and sleep at age three months

AA Toorop, B van der Voorn, JJ Hollanders… - VU Research Portal - research.vu.nl
Purpose In previous studies, associations between breast-milk cortisol levels obtained on
one occasion and infant neurodevelopment were demonstrated. However, more recent …