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For treatment with steroids, the cells were cultured in complete medium, in which the serum was replaced by charcoal-stripped serum overnight.
Surprisingly, very few use steroids.
IL-8, MCP-1 and RANTES gene expression are regulated by the redox responsive transcription factor NF-κB [ 18 20 23 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 41 42 43 44 ] . The NF-κB signaling pathways have been shown to be differentially affected by antioxidants and glucocorticoid steroids [ 45 ] . To determine whether RSV and TNFα induction of chemokine expression might be mediated by different NF-κB signaling pathways we pretreated A549 cells with the glutathione precursor N-acetyl-L-cysteine (NAC) or the synthetic glucocorticoid dexamethasone (DEX).
In addition, the epithelium of ectocervix is hormonally dependent, and shows certain changes along with the fluctuations of levels of ovarian steroids during the menstrual cycle.
Similar preparations and concentrations of steroids from the same supplier (Sigma) were tested by Dr. Wayne Meikle in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of Utah using an in-house estrogen and progesterone binding assay and a testosterone-dependent stimulation of prostate cancer cell apoptosis assay [ 12 ] ; all the steroids retained biologic activity (data not shown).