Immune Modulations by Glucocorticoids: From Molecular Biology to Clinical Research
A special issue of Cells (ISSN 2073-4409). This special issue belongs to the section "Cellular Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 March 2022) | Viewed by 58827
Special Issue Editors
Interests: anti-inflammatory drugs; cortisol; glucocorticoid receptor; molecular endocrinology; single-molecule microscopy; steroid hormones; steroid receptor; zebrafish
Interests: corticosteroids; cortisol; glucocorticoid receptor; molecular endocrinology; mineralocorticoid receptor; neuro-endocrinology; neurobiology; steroid hormones; steroid receptor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Glucocorticoids are widely prescribed immune-suppressive drugs, but their use is limited by the severity of their side effects and the occurrence of resistance. To overcome these issues, more research into the mechanisms of glucocorticoid action is required. The effects of glucocorticoids are mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR), which acts as ligand-activated transcription factor, able to modulate gene transcription both positively and negatively. Traditionally, it was assumed that GRs interacting with other transcription factors, thereby inhibiting their activity, elicited the desired immune-suppressive effects and that GR binding to glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) in the DNA and subsequent transactivation of gene expression was responsible for the adverse effects. However, in recent years this view has been challenged and now appears to be a simplification. Furthermore, several mechanisms have been described that inhibit GR function and thereby cause glucocorticoid resistance. This Special Issue of Cells should further refine our current view of the mechanisms underlying the actions of glucocorticoids and the GR, aiming (eventually) at the development of novel immune-suppressive therapies, such as selective GR agonists and specific drug-targeting strategies. A broad area of research approaches will be covered, ranging from studies in vitro, in cultured cells, and animal models, to clinical studies.
Dr. Marcel J.M. Schaaf
Prof. Dr. Onno C. Meijer
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- glucocorticoid
- glucocorticoid receptor
- immune-suppressive drugs
- anti-inflammatory drugs
- steroid receptor
- selective glucocorticoid receptor agonists
- glucocorticoid resistance
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