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Opposing effects of dehydroepiandrosterone and dexamethasone on the generation of monocyte-derived dendritic cells.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Nov 2000
Canning M O, Grotenhuis K, de Wit H J, Drexhage H A
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BACKGROUND: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) has been suggested as an immunostimulating steroid hormone, of which the effects on the development of dendritic cells (DC) are unknown. The effects of DHEA often oppose those of the other adrenal glucocorticoid, cortisol. Glucocorticoids (GC) are known to suppress the immune response at different levels and have recently been shown to modulate the development of DC,...
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