Glucocorticoid action : basic and clinical implications / edited by Tomoshige Kino, Evangelia Charmandari, and George P. Chrousos.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kino, Tomoshige.

Charmandari, Evangelia.

Chrousos, George P.

Series:

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 0077-8923 ; v. 1024.

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 0077-8923 ; v. 1024

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glucocorticoids--Physiological effect--Congresses.

Glucocorticoids.

Glucocorticoids--Therapeutic use--Congresses.

Glucocorticoids--physiology.

Glucocorticoids--Therapeutic use.

Glucocorticoids--Physiological effect.

Glucocorticoids--therapeutic use.

Homeostasis--physiology.

Receptors, Glucocorticoid--physiology.

Medical Subjects:

Glucocorticoids--physiology.

Glucocorticoids--therapeutic use.

Homeostasis--physiology.

Receptors, Glucocorticoid--physiology.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

xi, 221 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : New York Academy of Sciences, 2004.

Contents:

Glucocorticoids and their actions: an introduction / by Evangelia Charmandari, Tomoshige Kino, and George P. Chrousos

Novel repression of the glucocorticoid receptor by anthrax lethal toxin / by Jeanette I. Webster, Mahtab Moayeri, and Esther M. Sternberg

Systemic inflammation-associated glucocorticoid resistance and outcome of ARDS / by G. Umberto Meduri and Charles R. Yates

Physiological and pathological consequences of the interactions of the p53 tumor suppressor with the glucocorticoid, androgen, and estrogen receptors / by Sagar Sengupta and Bohdan Wasylyk

Interaction of the glucocorticoid receptor and the chicken ovalbumin upstream promoter-transcription factor II (COUP-TFII) / by Massimo U. De Martino ... [et al.]

Modulation of glucocorticoid receptor function via phosphorylation / by Naima Ismaili and Michael J. Garabedian

The origin and functions of multiple human glucocorticoid receptor isoforms / by Nick Z. Lu and John A. Cidlowski

Overview of the actions of glucocorticoids on the immune response: a good model to characterize new pathways of immunosuppression for new treatment strategies / by D. Franchimont

Glucocorticoids and the TH1/TH2 balance / by Ilia Elenkov

L-Carnitine is a modulator of the glucocorticoid receptor alpha / by Salvatore Alesci ... [et al.]

Human immunodeficiency virus type-1 accessory protein VPR: a causative agent of the AIDS-related insulin resistance/lipodystrophy syndrome? / by Tomoshige Kino and George P. Chrousos

Familial/sporadic glucocorticoid resistance: clinical phenotype and molecular mechanisms / by Evangelia Charmandari, Tomoshige Kino, and George P. Chrousos

Early environmental regulation of hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor gene expression: characterization of intracellular mediators and potential genomic target sites / by Ian C.G. Weaver ... [et al.]

Subnuclear trafficking and gene targeting by steroid receptors / by Akhilesh K. Nagaich ... [et al.].

Notes:

"This volume is the result of a conference entitled 'Basic and Clinical Implications of Glucocorticoid Action--Focus on Development,' held on June 17-18, 2003 in Bethesda, Maryland"--Contents p.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1573315575

1573315583

OCLC:

55503461