Glucocorticoids as cytokine inhibitors: role in neuroendocrine control and therapy of inflammatory diseases

• Asıl Yazarlar: Giamila Fantuzzi (Yazar), Pietro Ghezzi (Yazar)
• Materyal Türü: Kitap
• Baskı/Yayın Bilgisi: Hindawi Limited, 1993-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Konular: article
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Glucocorticoids are potent inhibitors of inflammation and endotoxic shock. This probably occurs through an inhibition of the synthesis of pro-inflammatory cytokines as well as of many of their toxic activities. Therefore, endogenous glucocorticoids (GC) might represent a major mechanism in the contr...