Alteration of the cortisol-cortisone shuttle in leprosy type 1 reactions in leprosy patients in Hyderabad, India

Immunology Letters

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-75

  Andersson, Anna K ^a   Atkinson, Sara E ^a   Khanolkar Young, Saroj ^a   Chaduvula, MeherVani ^b   Jain, Suman ^b   Suneetha, Lavanya ^b   Suneetha, Sujai ^b   Lockwood, Diana N J ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEPRA Society   (India)

Author keywords

11 Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Cytokine; Leprosy; Prednisolone

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; CORTISONE; CYTOKINE; HYDROCORTISONE; PREDNISOLONE;

ARTICLE; BORDERLINE LEPROSY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN INFLAMMATION; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SKIN NERVE; TREATMENT DURATION; UPREGULATION;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1; 11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 2; CORTISONE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; INDIA; LEPROSY, BORDERLINE; PREDNISOLONE;

EID: 33847637150     PISSN: 01652478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.imlet.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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