Glucocorticosteroids I: Anti-inflammatory Mechanisms
- 1 July 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Hospital Practice
- Vol. 18 (7) , 123-134
- https://doi.org/10.1080/21548331.1983.11702591
Abstract
Although progress in understanding how steroids work has accelerated in the past few years, several important factors have eluded definitive analysis. Broadly, the mechanisms affect leukocyte traffic and function: Glucocorticoids inhibit the availability of leukocytes to the inflammatory site, interfere with their function at the site, and thus suppress the normal inflammatory response.Keywords
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