Possible differences in the mechanism(s) of action of different glucocorticoid hormone compounds

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 876, Issue , 1999, Pages 193-197

  Lanza, Lorella ^a   Scudeletti, M ^a   Monaco, E ^a   Monetti, M ^a   Puppo, F ^a   Filaci, G ^a   Indiveri, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFLAZACORT; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 6; PREDNISONE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADULT; BINDING AFFINITY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOMODULATION; LEUKEMIA CELL LINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0032805607     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb07638.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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