ea0025oc2.6 | Steroids | SFEBES2011
Trebble Peter
, Simpson Karen
, Matthews Laura
, Farrow Stuart
, Ray David
Glucocorticoids (GCs) are used extensively in the treatment of inflammatory disease. Unfortunately, as GC act on virtually every organ system they also carry a broad range of serious side-effects which limits their clinical use.The structure of the bound GC strongly impacts the final conformation of the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and thereby dictates downstream events. Designing drugs with different GR binding properties therefore offers a plausible ro...