glucocorticoid
IPA: gɫˈukʌkɔrtɪkɔɪd
noun
- (biochemistry, steroids) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties.
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Examples of "glucocorticoid" in Sentences
- It has a mainly glucocorticoid effect.
- Glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism.
- Serum and glucocorticoid induced kinase.
- Selective glucocorticoid receptor agonist.
- It has no significant glucocorticoid activity.
- Prednylidene is a glucocorticoid for systemic use.
- The condition responds to glucocorticoid treatment.
- We could always measure your glucocorticoid levels.
- It is treated with glucocorticoids such as prednisone.
- Methylprednisolone is a synthetic glucocorticoid drug.
- Methylprednisolone is a synthetic glucocorticoid or corticosteroid drug.
- The soothing maternal behavior altered the glucocorticoid receptor gene.
- The ACVD task force on canine atopic dermatitis XX: glucocorticoid pharmacotherapy.
- In the one-timers, even though glucocorticoid levels had increased, new brain cells proliferated.
- That the glucocorticoid levels rose but still new brain cells grew had the scientists scratching their own heads.
- Rival Actonel is one of the established treatments for the condition, known as glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis.
- Pulmonary arteriole muscularization in lambs with diaphragmatic hernia after combined tracheal occlusion/glucocorticoid therapy.
- One of my favorite examples of the step-by-step evolution of molecules has been the work coming out of Joe Thornton's lab on glucocorticoid receptors.
- Numerous earlier animal studies had shown that increases in glucocorticoid levels from stressors -- predator odor, cold water, restraint -- not only inhibited neurogenesis but impaired learning and memory functions.
- Thornton's team, which included UO research scientist Jamie Bridgham and collaborator Eric A. Ortlund, a biochemist at A.lanta's Emory University, focused on the evolution of a protein called the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which binds the hormone cortisol and regulates the stress response, immunity, metabolism and behavior in humans and other vertebrates.
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