PMID: 9555181Apr 29, 1998Paper

Corticosteroid sensitivity, dependence and resistance in inflammatory and immunologic diseases. Physiopathologic review

Revue médicale de Liège
D FranchimontV Geenen

Abstract

Patients suffering from inflammatory or dysimmunitary diseases may develop various clinical responses to corticotherapy. This brief article describes the various cellular and molecular mechanisms which underly the genetic, endocrine and immunitary factors involved in corticosensitivity, corticoresistance and corticodependence.

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