DHEA, a selective glucocorticoid receptor antagonist: its role in immune system regulation and metabolism

J Endocrinol Invest. 2002;25(10 Suppl):81-2.

Authors

M Saccò¹, G Valenti, P Corvi Mora, F C W Wu, D W Ray

Affiliation

¹ University of Parma, Parma, Italy

PMID: 12508928

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Apoptosis / drug effects
Dehydroepiandrosterone / pharmacology
Dehydroepiandrosterone / physiology*
Dexamethasone / pharmacology
Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
Gene Expression / drug effects
Genes, Reporter
Genes, tat
Glucocorticoids / antagonists & inhibitors
Glucocorticoids / pharmacology
Hormone Antagonists / administration & dosage
Humans
Immune System / physiology*
Mifepristone / administration & dosage
Progesterone / administration & dosage
Receptors, Glucocorticoid / antagonists & inhibitors
Tumor Cells, Cultured

Substances

Glucocorticoids
Hormone Antagonists
Receptors, Glucocorticoid
Mifepristone
Dehydroepiandrosterone
Progesterone
Dexamethasone