ea0034p358 | Steroids | SFEBES2014
Bakker Emyr
, Tian Kun
, Andrews James
, Demonacos Constantinos
, Schwartz Jean-Marc
, Krstic-Demonacos Marija
Glucocorticoid hormones are used in the treatment of variety of diseases, due to their diverse range of effects. Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL), the most common form of childhood cancer, is one such disease treated by glucocorticoids (GCs). Although there has been much success in the treatment of ALL with GCs, drug resistance remains a problem, despite the detailed knowledge of the signalling networks underlying the GC actions through the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Sys...