Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Glucocorticoids (GCs) have an important modulatory influence on immune system. GCs accomplish their effects on target tissue through binding to the glucocorticoid receptor (GR). Alterations in glucocorticoid signaling due to polymorphisms of the GR gene may have an impact on the pathophysiology of autoimmune disorders.Aims/methods: We examined the presence of BclI, N363S, A3669G and ER22/23EK GR gene variants in patients with autoimmun...