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Summarize molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid signaling through the glucocorticoid receptor, focusing on inflammatory regulation and thymocyte apoptosis.

December 21, 2004Critical Reviews in Clinical Laboratory Sciences

Molecular Mechanisms of Glucocorticoids in the Control of Inflammation and Lymphocyte Apoptosis

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Summarize molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid signaling through the glucocorticoid receptor, focusing on inflammatory regulation and thymocyte apoptosis.
Narrative review synthesizing molecular genetics and immunological findings regarding glucocorticoid receptor activity and downstream lymphocyte regulation.
Glucocorticoids suppress pathological immune activation and inflammatory cascades primarily through direct binding and activation of the glucocorticoid receptor in immune cells.
Receptor-mediated transcriptional changes induce programmed cell death (apoptosis) in specific leukocytes, particularly immature thymocytes, maintaining immune tolerance.

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JTJan TuckermannUniversität Ulm AKAnna KleimanUniversity of Amsterdam KMKirsty McPhersonThe University of Melbourne

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Narrative review uncovers molecular pathways of glucocorticoid-mediated immunosuppression and thymocyte apoptosis in leukocytes, highlighting therapeutic applications for inflammatory disorders...

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Narrative review uncovers molecular pathways of glucocorticoid-mediated immunosuppression and thymocyte apoptosis in leukocytes, highlighting therapeutic applications for inflammatory disorders...

Molecular Mechanisms of Glucocorticoids in the Control of Inflammation and Lymphocyte Apoptosis

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