Immune regulation by glucocorticoids

DW Cain, JA Cidlowski - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Endogenous glucocorticoids are crucial to various physiological processes, including
metabolism, development and inflammation. Since 1948, synthetic glucocorticoids have …

Pathogen recognition and inflammatory signaling in innate immune defenses

TH Mogensen - Clinical microbiology reviews, 2009 - Am Soc Microbiol
The innate immune system constitutes the first line of defense against invading microbial
pathogens and relies on a large family of pattern recognition receptors (PRRs), which detect …

[HTML][HTML] The anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids, recent developments and mechanistic insights

AE Coutinho, KE Chapman - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of glucocorticoids in the 1940s and the recognition of their anti-
inflammatory effects, they have been amongst the most widely used and effective treatments …

MiRNA-mediated macrophage polarization and its potential role in the regulation of inflammatory response

K Essandoh, Y Li, J Huo, GC Fan - Shock, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Monocytes and macrophages are important components of the immune system, specialized
in either removing pathogens as part of innate immunity or contributing to adaptive immunity …

11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases: intracellular gate-keepers of tissue glucocorticoid action

K Chapman, M Holmes, J Seckl - Physiological reviews, 2013 - journals.physiology.org
Glucocorticoid action on target tissues is determined by the density of “nuclear” receptors
and intracellular metabolism by the two isozymes of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase …

One hormone, two actions: anti-and pro-inflammatory effects of glucocorticoids

D Cruz-Topete, JA Cidlowski - Neuroimmunomodulation, 2014 - karger.com
Glucocorticoids are essential steroid hormones secreted from the adrenal gland in response
to stress. Since their discovery in the 1940s, glucocorticoids have been widely prescribed to …

Control of immunity by glucocorticoids in health and disease

A Shimba, K Ikuta - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2020 - Springer
Animals receive environmental stimuli from neural signals in order to produce hormones that
control immune responses. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are a group of steroid hormones …

New insights into the cell-and tissue-specificity of glucocorticoid actions

L Quatrini, S Ugolini - Cellular & molecular immunology, 2021 - nature.com
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are endogenous hormones that are crucial for the homeostasis of the
organism and adaptation to the external environment. Because of their anti-inflammatory …

Dual‐specificity MAP kinase phosphatases (MKPs) Sha** the outcome of MAP kinase signalling

CJ Caunt, SM Keyse - The FEBS journal, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Dual‐specificity MAP kinase phosphatases (MKPs) provide a complex negative regulatory
network that acts to shape the duration, magnitude and spatiotemporal profile of MAP kinase …

More than suppression: glucocorticoid action on monocytes and macrophages

JM Ehrchen, J Roth, K Barczyk-Kahlert - Frontiers in immunology, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Uncontrolled inflammation is a leading cause of many clinically relevant diseases. Current
therapeutic strategies focus mainly on immunosuppression rather than on the mechanisms …