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Stephen G. Matthews

Stephen G. Matthews

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Overview

Stephen G. Matthews is affiliated with the University of Toronto in Canada. Their research is situated predominantly in the field of Medicine, with specific focus areas that include Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Oncology, and Immunology.

The main topics of their scholarly work cover Birth, Development, and Health; Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies; Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum; Drug Transport and Resistance Mechanisms; COVID-19 Impact on Reproduction; Reproductive System and Pregnancy; and Pregnancy and Medication Impact.

Recent publications by Stephen G. Matthews include:

  • Expression of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 cell entry genes, angiotensin-converting enzyme 2 and transmembrane protease serine 2, in the placenta across gestation and at the maternal-fetal interface in pregnancies complicated by preterm birth or preeclampsia (2020), American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health and setting up healthier life trajectories in South African women (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) (2022), BMJ Open
  • Maternal malnutrition impacts placental morphology and transporter expression: an origin for poor offspring growth (2020), The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
  • Evaluating depression and anxiety throughout pregnancy and after birth: impact of the COVID-19 pandemic (2022), American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology MFM
  • ATP-binding cassette (ABC) drug transporters in the developing blood-brain barrier: role in fetal brain protection (2022), Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Stephen G. Matthews frequently collaborates with the following researchers:

  • Stephen J. Lye
  • Enrrico Bloise
  • Kellie E. Murphy
  • Güínever E. Império
  • Robert D. Levitan

Their publications are mainly found in these venues:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • BMJ Open
  • American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Translational Psychiatry
  • Pediatric Research

Best Publications

  • Nurturing care: promoting early childhood development

    Pia R Britto;Stephen J Lye;Kerrie Proulx;Aisha K Yousafzai

  • ENDOCRINE AND PARACRINE REGULATION OF BIRTH AT TERM AND PRETERM

    John R.G. Challis;Stephen G. Matthews;William Gibb;William Gibb;Stephen J. Lye

  • Fetal programming of hypothalamo‐pituitary‐adrenal function: prenatal stress and glucocorticoids

    Amita Kapoor;Elizabeth Dunn;Alice Kostaki;Marcus H. Andrews

  • Early programming of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis.

    Stephen G. Matthews

  • Glucocorticoids and fetal programming part 1: Outcomes.

    Vasilis G. Moisiadis;Stephen G. Matthews

  • Antenatal glucocorticoids and programming of the developing CNS.

    Stephen G Matthews

  • Glucocorticoids and fetal programming part 2: mechanisms

    Vasilis G Moisiadis;Stephen G Matthews

  • Multiple courses of antenatal corticosteroids for preterm birth (MACS): a randomised controlled trial.

    Kellie E Murphy;Mary E Hannah;Andrew R Willan;Sheila A Hewson

  • The fetal placental hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, parturition and post natal health.

    J.R.G. Challis;J.R.G. Challis;D.M. Sloboda;D.M. Sloboda;S.G. Matthews;S.G. Matthews;A. Holloway;A. Holloway

  • Fetal programming of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function and behavior by synthetic glucocorticoids.

    Amita Kapoor;Sophie Petropoulos;Stephen G. Matthews

  • Expression of the multidrug resistance P-glycoprotein, (ABCB1 glycoprotein) in the human placenta decreases with advancing gestation.

    M. Sun;J. Kingdom;D. Baczyk;Stephen Lye

  • Early detection of health and welfare compromises through automated detection of behavioural changes in pigs

    Stephen G. Matthews;Amy L. Miller;James Clapp;Thomas Plötz

  • Short periods of prenatal stress affect growth, behaviour and hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis activity in male guinea pig offspring

    Amita Kapoor;Stephen G. Matthews

  • Maternal adversity, glucocorticoids and programming of neuroendocrine function and behaviour.

    Dawn Owen;Marcus H. Andrews;Stephen G. Matthews

  • Prenatal stress and epigenetics

    L Cao-Lei;S R de Rooij;S King;S G Matthews

  • Maternal glucocorticoid treatment programs HPA regulation in adult offspring: sex-specific effects.

    Li Liu;Antai Li;Stephen G. Matthews

  • Diabetes and the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis.

    O Chan;K Inouye;M C Riddell;M Vranic

  • Prenatal Stress, Glucocorticoids, and Developmental Programming of the Stress Response.

    Patrick O McGowan;Stephen G Matthews

  • Glucocorticoids and sex-dependent development of brain glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid receptors.

    Dawn Owen;Stephen G. Matthews

  • Prenatal Synthetic Glucocorticoid Treatment Changes DNA Methylation States in Male Organ Systems: Multigenerational Effects

    Ariann Crudo;Sophie Petropoulos;Vasilis G. Moisiadis;Majid Iqbal

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephen J. Lye
Stephen J. Lye University of Toronto
John R. G. Challis
John R. G. Challis University of Toronto
Robert D. Levitan
Robert D. Levitan Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Andrew R. Willan
Andrew R. Willan University of Toronto
Saroj Saigal
Saroj Saigal McMaster University
Amiram Gafni
Amiram Gafni McMaster University
Arne Ohlsson
Arne Ohlsson University of Toronto
Moshe Szyf
Moshe Szyf McGill University
Michael J. Meaney
Michael J. Meaney McGill University
John P. Newnham
John P. Newnham University of Western Australia

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