Cytokine inhibition after glucocorticoid exposure in healthy men with low versus high basal cortisol levels

NeuroImmunoModulation

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 245-250

  Lekander, Mats ^a   Axén, Jennie ^a,b   Knutsson, Urban ^b   Olgart Höglund, Caroline ^a,b   Werner, Sigbritt ^b   Wikström, Ann Charlotte ^a   Stierna, Pontus ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b University Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Cytokines; Dexamethasone; Glucocorticoid sensitivity; Glucocorticoids; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Inflammation; Stress

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TETRACOSACTIDE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; CYTOKINE RELEASE; HORMONE INHIBITION; HORMONE RELEASE; HORMONE SENSITIVITY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; URINARY EXCRETION;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ADULT; CYTOKINES; DEXAMETHASONE; DOWN-REGULATION; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; IMMUNE TOLERANCE; INFLAMMATION; INTERLEUKIN-6; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR-ALPHA;

EID: 64149127831     PISSN: 10217401     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000212385     Document Type: Article

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