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hormone. Once diagnosed, chronic, daily replacement with glucocorticoids is essential. An adequate hormone replacement dose is considered to be a total of 15–25 mg hydrocortisone (or cortisone acetate 20–35 mg per day) in adults in two to three daily doses
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Hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal axis The hypothalamo–pituitary–adrenal (HPA) axis dictates the production of glucocorticoids secreted from the adrenal gland. Parvocellular neurosecretory neurons within the hypothalamic paraventricular nucleus
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. How many patients with adrenal insufficiency do you treat in a year? (0, 1–10, 11–25, 26–50, >50). 2. What proportion of these patients are likely to observe the fasting of Ramadan 2020 (None, 25%; 50%; 75%; All). 3. Which glucocorticoid
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Background Acute inflammation is typically associated with an activation of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis, which results in an increase in the level of glucocorticoids within the circulation ( 1 ). In situations where this
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, 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 ). Recently, we have demonstrated that the bovine oocyte cumulus complex (COC) undergoing IVM expresses two types of glucocorticoid metabolizing enzymes, namely 11β-hydroxysteroid oxidoreductase type1 (HSD11B1) and type2 (HSD11B
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signals that begins in the brain and ends with glucocorticoid (GC) secretion (cortisol in humans and corticosterone in rats, mice, and other species). When stimulated, neurons in the paraventricular nucleus of the hypothalamus release corticotropin
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glucocorticoid Dex and phorbol myristate acetate (PMA) induce the expression of aromatase in THP-1 cells ( 17 ). Based on these data, we used an in vitro THP-1 culture system to investigate the expression of aromatase in human skin monocytes. We observed a
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Introduction Synthetic glucocorticoids are used extensively for their anti-inflammatory effects in many medical conditions, including immune diseases, different types of cancer, and in the treatment of edema in brain tumor patients ( 1 , 2
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, which is required for the conversion of cholesterol to cortisol and aldosterone, rendering it either partly or completely ineffective ( 2 , 3 ). Patients with classic CAH, therefore, experience glucocorticoid (GC) and mineralocorticoid deficiency
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replacement at times of increased requirement. To avoid AC, patients are educated in adaptation of their glucocorticoid (GC) dose under stressful conditions ( 12 , 13 , 14 ). AC requires immediate initiation of parenteral administration of GCs ( 13 , 14