ea0015p330 | Steroids | SFEBES2008
Renshaw Derek
, Mancini Lucia
, Flower Rod
, Perretti Mauro
Several hormones, including cortisol, have a circadian rhythm in plasma and saliva. Salivary cortisol is now extensively used for screening and following patients with various conditions where the regulation of hypothalamopituitaryadrenal axis is abnormal, for example in major depression where salivary cortisol levels show a disruption or loss of circadian rhythm. Annexin 1 is a glucocorticoid-induced protein, which is responsible for mediating several anti-inflamm...