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Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Cell Biology and Immunology Group, Wageningen University, Marijkeweg 40, 6709 PG, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Introduction Glucocorticoids (GCs; cortisol and corticosterone) play a pivotal role in vertebrate physiology through a plethora of control mechanisms. The GC system, with a nuclear glucocorticoid receptor (GR), is found in all
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receptor Glucocorticoids (Gcs) are a class of steroid hormones that function to maintain homeostasis. The effects of Gcs are mediated by the ubiquitously expressed glucocorticoid receptor (GR), an intracellular ligand-activated transcription factor and
Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Institute for Genetic Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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Einthoven Laboratory for Experimental Vascular Medicine, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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). Glucocorticoid action in metabolism is predominantly mediated by glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) which are expressed in virtually all tissues in both humans and rodents. It is known that glucocorticoid transcriptional activity is subject to multiple levels of
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Introduction Glucocorticoids exert effects on virtually all tissues, the majority of which are mediated by the type II glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Despite near ubiquitous expression, GR levels vary widely both between and within
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Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia
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play a pivotal role in chronobiology by synchronising the body’s biological clocks and hence harmonising circadian rhythms across different organs and tissues. These diverse actions of glucocorticoids are mediated via the glucocorticoid receptor (GR
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Endocrinology and Diabetes, Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences, Faculty of Life Sciences
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nucleus, the GR can then act as either a transcriptional activator or a repressor depending on the gene and the cellular environment. Figure 1 Glucocorticoid receptor signalling. The glucocorticoid receptor translocates to the nucleus upon ligand binding
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response needed to cope with stress through activation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) in target tissues ( Kadmiel & Cidlowski 2013 ). We have previously shown that lipoprotein-associated cholesterol contributes at least 50% to the total cellular pool
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). GR is able to bind glucocorticoid response elements (GREs) consisting of palindromic 5’-GGTACAnnnTGTTCT-3’ DNA sequences, in which ‘n’ could be any nucleotide ( Beato & Klug 2000 ). Remarkably, the response elements of other steroid receptors that
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GCs on growth is mediated by the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) activation of proteolytic pathways ( Shimizu et al. 2011 , Lipina & Hundal 2016 , Britto et al. 2018 ). Indeed, both murf1 and redd1 are under the transcriptional control of GR in
School of Biomedical Sciences, and Child Health Research Centre, The University of Queensland, St Lucia, Queensland, Australia
Mater Research Institute, Translational Research Institute, University of Queensland, Woolloongabba, Queensland, Australia
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glucocorticoid signaling through intricate interactions with steroid receptors is vital for healthy development. While natural glucocorticoids (cortisol and corticosterone) can bind to both the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) to