Article
Glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis of healthy and malignant lymphocytes.
Progress in brain research - 1 Jan 2010
Smith Lindsay K, Cidlowski John A
Abstract excerpt
Glucocorticoids exert a wide range of physiological effects, including the induction of apoptosis in lymphocytes. The progression of glucocorticoid-induced apoptosis is a multi-component process requiring contributions from both genomic and cytoplasmic signaling events. There is significant evidence indicating that the transactivation activity of the glucocorticoid receptor is required for the initiation of...
Topics
- Apoptosis
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Glucocorticoids
- Hematologic Neoplasms
- Humans
- Lymphocytes
- Lymphoma, Non-Hodgkin
- Male
- Models, Biological
- Multiple Myeloma
- Mutation
- Receptors, Glucocorticoid
- Signal Transduction
