title: The effects of glucocorticoid therapy.
abstract: The therapeutic benefit of glucocorticoids appears to derive chiefly from their suppression of immunologic and inflammatory responses, but beyond these generalized phenomena, there are a number of tissue-specific effects. Increasing knowledge of these actions is shedding light on such issues as steroid resistance and steroid-induced adrenocortical insufficiency.
authors.affiliation: Metabolic Research Unit, University of California, School of Medicine, San Francisco.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Baxter
mesh_terms: D000309:Adrenal Insufficiency / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D000368:Aged; D001249:Asthma / Q000188:drug therapy; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000187:drug effects; D004351:Drug Resistance; D005260:Female; D005938:Glucocorticoids / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000502:physiology*; D005943:Gluconeogenesis / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007030:Hypothalamo-Hypophyseal System / Q000187:drug effects; D008901:Mineralocorticoids / Q000502:physiology; D010913:Pituitary-Adrenal System / Q000187:drug effects; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D005938:Glucocorticoids; D008901:Mineralocorticoids; D011965:Receptors, Glucocorticoid