Example sentences for: glucocorticoids

How can you use “glucocorticoids” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Glucocorticoids have been shown in various studies to inhibit DNA synthesis [ 13 14 15 ] . Therefore, we hypothesized that blocking the glucocorticoid receptor by the potent antagonist RU 486 would result in increased incorporation of BrDU into hepatocyte DNA, indicating an enhanced cellular proliferative capability.

  • Glucocorticoids were also elevated, as expected, in insulin-deficient diabetes (Fig.

  • Glucocorticoids influence a wide spectrum of cellular functions through their action on soluble intracellular receptors.

  • Glucocorticoids produce a receptor-mediated inhibitory effect on both basal and hormone-stimulated expression of a newly discovered family of molecules known as suppressors of cytokine signalling [ 8 ] . These molecules play an important role in shutting off cytokine action [ 8 ] , and RU486 may therefore augment cytokine-mediated effects.

  • These data suggest that reversal of effects of insulin deficiency by leptin [ 7 ] may require and be mediated by a reduction in glucocorticoids.


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