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SUBMITTER: Akalestou E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7045057 | biostudies-literature | 2020
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Akalestou Elina E Genser Laurent L Rutter Guy A GA
Frontiers in endocrinology 20200220
Glucocorticoids are steroid hormones produced by the adrenal cortex and are essential for the maintenance of various metabolic and homeostatic functions. Their function is regulated at the tissue level by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases and they signal through the glucocorticoid receptor, a ligand-dependent transcription factor. Clinical observations have linked excess glucocorticoid levels with profound metabolic disturbances of intermediate metabolism resulting in abdominal obesity, insulin ...[more]