Endocrine Abstracts

The neonatal immune system is not fully developed, making neonates more susceptible to early-life infection. Early-life activation of the immune system has lasting implications for health and disease. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that modulate the immune response and increase in response to immune activation. GCs are produced by the adrenal glands and also by lymphoid organs (e.g., bone marrow, thymus, spleen). In neonatal mice, GC levels increase acutely in bloo...