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Glucocorticoids

Known as: Glucocorticoids [Chemical/Ingredient], Glucocorticoid, glucocorticoid hormones 
A group of CORTICOSTEROIDS that affect carbohydrate metabolism (GLUCONEOGENESIS, liver glycogen deposition, elevation of BLOOD SUGAR), inhibit… 
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1 ML methylprednisolone acetate 40 MG/ML Injection17-HydroxycorticosteroidsBetamethasone 3 MG/ML / Betamethasone acetate 3 MG/ML Injectable SuspensionBetamethasone acetate

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DexamethasoneGlucocorticoid ReceptorIn BloodPrednisone

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1998
1998
The effects of glucocorticoids on leptin levels in humans may be restricted to acute pharmacologic dosing.
unteers to pharmacologic doses of dexamethasone. These studies used high total doses of dexamethasone (1–15 mg) over periods of 1… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Similar effects of adenovirus E1A and glucocorticoid hormones on the expression of the metalloprotease stromelysin.
The stromelysin (sml) gene encodes a secreted protease which degrades components of the extracellular matrix. Transformation of… 
1984
1984
Evidence for microheterogeneity in the structure of human glucocorticoid receptors.
The human glucocorticoid receptor has been selectively affinity labeled with [3H]dexamethasone mesylate by utilizing whole cells… 
1981
1981
Stimulation by glucocorticoids of protein degradation in hepatocyte monolayers.
1. Protein degradation in rat hepatocytes in stationary monolayer culture was measured as release of radioactive trichloroacetic… 
1980
1980
ATP-dependent activation of glucocorticoid receptor from rat liver cytosol.
The glucocorticoid--receptor complex from freshly prepared rat liver cytosol is in a non-activated form, with very little… 
Highly Cited
1976
Highly Cited
1976
Reductions in glucocorticoid inhibition of glucose oxidation and presumptive glucocorticoid receptor content in rat adipocytes during aging.
Exposure of adipocytes to glucocorticoid hormones in vitro causes inhibition of glucose transport and metabolsim. Maximal… 
Review
1976
Review
1976
Edward T. Tyler Prize Oration: LH-releasing hormone and its analogues: recent basic and clinical investigations.
Literature on luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone (LH-RH) and its analogues is reviewed. LH-RH, which stimulates the release… 
1974
1974
Pancreatic beta cell replication induced by glucocorticoids in subhuman primates.
Pancreatic islets were studied by means of light microsocpy, autoradiography and electron microscopy in untreated Macaca cyclopis… 
1971
1971
Glucocorticoid induction of cleft palate in mice; no correlation with inhibition of mucopolysaccharide synthesis.
Glucocorticoids were administered once intramuscularly on day 11.5 of gestation to pregnant C3H/An mice. Triamcinolone acetonide… 
Highly Cited
1967
Highly Cited
1967
Tyrosine aminotransferase. Purificaton and characterization.
Abstract Tyrosine aminotransferase was highly purified from rat livers in which the enzyme had been induced by a glucocorticoid…