Endocrine Abstracts

Glucocorticoids (GCs) are the most potent anti-inflammatory agents known and are used extensively in the treatment of inflammatory disease, however an individuals response to therapy varies greatly. Resistance to GC is often attributed to mutations within the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) through which GC elicit their effects. Here, we present a kindred with GR haploinsufficiency yet no clinical phenotype. PCR and GR sequence profiling of genomic DNA isolated from patient blood...