Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “ANCA-associated vasculitis is associated with increased early mortality and a high risk of end-stage renal ...

Exposure of the fetus to excess glucocorticoids leads to long-term programming of the function of the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis and the behaviour of the organism A number of ...

Due to their immunosuppressive properties, systemic glucocorticoids are estimated to be used by 0.5% to 3% of the population annually. Glucocorticoids are effective, but their use comes with some ...

Deciphering how the GR forms oligomers — through the binding of several subunits — opens a crucial avenue for developing more selective drugs. These new drugs could modulate this association and thus ...

New research provides the first molecular understanding of why people gain weight due to chronic stress, disrupted circadian rhythms and treatment with glucocorticoid drugs: it's all in the timing of ...

Cortisone and other related glucocorticoids are extremely effective at curbing excessive immune reactions. But previously, astonishingly little was known about how they exactly do that. Researchers ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Providers should educate patients when prescribing glucocorticoid therapy. Tapering off glucocorticoids should ...

For the first time, a study led by researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München and the German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD) shows how glucocorticoid hormones, such as cortisol, control sugar and fat ...