| Literature DB >> 18475634 |
Abstract
THIS REVIEW HIGLGHTS KEY ASPECTS OF CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING HORMONE (CRH) BIOLOGY OF POTENTIAL RELEVANCE TO THE SEXUAL DIMORPHISM OF THE STRESS RESPONSE AND IMMUNE/INFLAMMATORY REACTION, AND INTRODUCES TWO IMPORTANT NEW CONCEPTS BASED ON THE REGULATORY POTENTIAL OF THE HUMAN (H) CRH GENE: (1) a proposed mechanism to account for the tissue-specific antithetical responses of hCRH gene expression to glucocorticolds, that may also explain the frequently observed antithetical effects of chronic glucocorticoid administration in clinical practice and (2) a heuristic diagram to illustrate the proposed modulation of the stress response and immune/ inflammatory reaction by steroid hormones, from the perspective of the CRH system.Entities:
Year: 1995 PMID: 18475634 PMCID: PMC2365637 DOI: 10.1155/S0962935195000275
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mediators Inflamm ISSN: 0962-9351 Impact factor: 4.711