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Increased protein and mRNA expression of resistin after dexamethasone administration.
Hormone and metabolic research = Hormon- und Stoffwechselforschung = Hormones et metabolisme - 1 Jun 2015
Sasayama D, Hori H, Nakamura S, Yamamoto N, Hattori K, Teraishi T, Ota M, Kunugi H
Abstract excerpt
Synthetic glucocorticoids such as dexamethasone are widely used to treat a variety of inflammatory and autoimmune conditions, but they may induce adverse events including hyperglycemia. To shed light on the effect and action mechanism of dexamethasone, we examined the alterations of gene expression levels caused by dexamethasone.Microarray analysis was performed on whole blood collected from 24 physically healthy...
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