The kaleidoscope of glucorticoid effects on immune system

Autoimmunity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 305-310

  Zen, Margherita ^a   Canova, Mariagrazia ^a   Campana, Carla ^a   Bettio, Silvano ^a   Nalotto, Linda ^a   Rampudda, Mariaelisa ^a   Ramonda, Roberta ^a   Iaccarino, Luca ^a   Doria, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anti inflammatory drug; Autoimmune rheumatic disease; Glucocorticoids; Immune cell; Immune modulator; Modified release prednisone

Indexed keywords

B CELL ACTIVATING FACTOR; GAMMA INTERFERON; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 17; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 2; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR ALPHA; INTERLEUKIN 6; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

APOPTOSIS; B LYMPHOCYTE; BASOPHIL; CYTOKINE PRODUCTION; DENDRITIC CELL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG PROTEIN BINDING; DRUG RECEPTOR BINDING; EOSINOPHIL; GENOMICS; HUMAN; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MACROPHAGE ACTIVATION; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION INHIBITION; NEUTROPHIL; NONHUMAN; REGULATORY T LYMPHOCYTE; REVIEW; T LYMPHOCYTE;

GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; RECEPTORS, GLUCOCORTICOID;

EID: 79953164263     PISSN: 15689972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.autrev.2010.11.009     Document Type: Review

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