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Glucocorticoids, produced in the adrenal cortex, play an important role in a variety of organ systems during development and in many physiological and pathological processes (Miller and Blake Tyrrel 1995). The glucocorticoid receptor (GR) mediates the effects of glucocorticoids by positively or negatively influencing gene activity. Glucocorticoid-controlled functions range from the regulation of metabolism, the stress response and control of innate and acquired immunity to modulation of behaviour.
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Kellendonk, C. et al. (2002). Analysis of Glucocorticoid Receptor Function in the Mouse by Gene Targeting. In: Cato, A.C.B., Schäcke, H., Asadullah, K. (eds) Recent Advances in Glucocorticoid Receptor Action. Ernst Schering Research Foundation Workshop, vol 40. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04660-9_17
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