Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis in Rheumatoid Arthritis

Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 721-727

  Imrich, Richard ^a,b   Rovenský, Jozef ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Slovakia)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RHEUMATIC DISEASES   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Adrenocorticotropic hormone; Corticotropin releasing hormone; Cortisol; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Inflammation; Interleukin 6; Rheumatoid arthritis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOTROPIN; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; HLA ANTIGEN; HYDROCORTISONE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PREDNISONE; PROLACTIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADRENAL DISEASE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ENERGY BALANCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; JOINT SURGERY; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; STEROIDOGENESIS;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCORTISONE; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; MALE; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PREMENOPAUSE;

EID: 78449272232     PISSN: 0889857X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2010.09.003     Document Type: Review

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