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ea0019oc9 | Neuroendocrine and Steroids | SFEBES2009

11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 activity limits fibrosis following bleomycin lung injury by augmenting active glucocorticoids

Yang Fu , Duffin Rodger , Brownstein David G , Coutinho Agnes , Rossi Adriano G , Savill John S , Seckl Jonathan R , Chapman Karen E

Glucocorticoids are potent anti-inflammatory agents. Endogenous glucocorticoid action is modulated by 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD) which interconverts active (cortisol, corticosterone) and intrinsically inert glucocorticoids (cortisone, 11-dehydrocorticosterone). 11β-HSD type 1 regenerates active glucocorticoids. 11β-HSD 1 highly expressed in the lung but its role is little explored.Immunohistochemical staining of mouse ...