Immune regulation by glucocorticoids

DW Cain, JA Cidlowski - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2017 - nature.com
Endogenous glucocorticoids are crucial to various physiological processes, including
metabolism, development and inflammation. Since 1948, synthetic glucocorticoids have …

Control of immunity by glucocorticoids in health and disease

A Shimba, K Ikuta - Seminars in Immunopathology, 2020 - Springer
Animals receive environmental stimuli from neural signals in order to produce hormones that
control immune responses. Glucocorticoids (GCs) are a group of steroid hormones …

Reviewing the significance of blood–brain barrier disruption in multiple sclerosis pathology and treatment

R Balasa, L Barcutean, O Mosora, D Manu - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The disruption of blood–brain barrier (BBB) for multiple sclerosis (MS) pathogenesis has a
double effect: early on during the onset of the immune attack and later for the CNS self …

Regulatory T cells in multiple sclerosis and myasthenia gravis

KM Danikowski, S Jayaraman… - Journal of …, 2017 - Springer
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic debilitating disease of the central nervous system
primarily mediated by T lymphocytes with specificity to neuronal antigens in genetically …

[HTML][HTML] The anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects of glucocorticoids, recent developments and mechanistic insights

AE Coutinho, KE Chapman - Molecular and cellular endocrinology, 2011 - Elsevier
Since the discovery of glucocorticoids in the 1940s and the recognition of their anti-
inflammatory effects, they have been amongst the most widely used and effective treatments …

Resveratrol-loaded macrophage exosomes alleviate multiple sclerosis through targeting microglia

X Zheng, K Sun, Y Liu, X Yin, H Zhu, F Yu… - Journal of Controlled …, 2023 - Elsevier
Despite exosome promise as endogenous drug delivery vehicles, the current understanding
of exosome may be insufficient to develop their various applications. Here we synthesized …

The HPA–immune axis and the immunomodulatory actions of glucocorticoids in the brain

MA Bellavance, S Rivest - Frontiers in immunology, 2014 - frontiersin.org
In response to physiological and psychogenic stressors, the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal
(HPA) axis orchestrates the systemic release of glucocorticoids (GCs). By virtue of nearly …

The gut microbiome regulates psychological-stress-induced inflammation

C Xu, SK Lee, D Zhang, PS Frenette - Immunity, 2020 - cell.com
Psychological stress has adverse effects on various human diseases, including those of the
cardiovascular system. However, the mechanisms by which stress influences disease …

The role of glucocorticoids in inflammatory diseases

SD Reichardt, A Amouret, C Muzzi, S Vettorazzi… - Cells, 2021 - mdpi.com
For more than 70 years, glucocorticoids (GCs) have been a powerful and affordable
treatment option for inflammatory diseases. However, their benefits do not come without a …

Nuclear receptor transrepression pathways that regulate inflammation in macrophages and T cells

CK Glass, K Saijo - Nature Reviews Immunology, 2010 - nature.com
Members of the nuclear receptor superfamily of ligand-dependent transcription factors
regulate diverse aspects of immunity and inflammation by both positively and negatively …