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Glucocorticoids and endothelial cell barrier function

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are steroid hormones that have inflammatory and immunosuppressive effects on a wide variety of cells. They are used as therapy for inflammatory disease and as a common agent against edema. The blood brain barrier (BBB), comprising microvascular endothelial cells, serves as a pe...

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Autores principales: Salvador, Ellaine, Shityakov, Sergey, Förster, Carola
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3972429/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24352805
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00441-013-1762-z