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Definition of Glucocorticoid

1. Noun. A steroid hormone that is produced by the adrenal cortex of animals; affects functioning of gonads and has anti-inflammatory activity.

Definition of Glucocorticoid

1. Noun. (steroid hormone) Any of a group of steroid hormones, produced by the adrenal cortex, that are involved in metabolism and have anti-inflammatory properties. ¹

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Definition of Glucocorticoid

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Medical Definition of Glucocorticoid

1. Corticosteroid substances (drugs or hormones) that are involved in carbohydrate metabolism by promoting gluconeogenesis and the formation of glycogen at the expense of lipid and protein synthesis. They are steroid based and possess anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressive properties. Glucocorticoids are also produced normally by the adrenal cortex and provide for the response to stress. Examples include: prednisolone, methylprednisolone, hydrocortisone, betamethasone and dexamethasone. (29 Sep 1997)

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Literary usage of Glucocorticoid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"It has been shown that, in keeping with its ability to bind to the cytosolic glucocorticoid receptor (2) and the inability of the resulting steroid-receptor ..."

2. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Recently, lipocortin 1 was shown to protect cultured rat thymocytes from H2O2-elicited necrosis. glucocorticoid treatment, which induced lipocortin 1, ..."

3. Stress, Gender, and Alcohol-Seeking Behavior edited by Walter A. Hunt, Sam Zakhari (1996)
"Smythe et al. in press), and thus both In support of this idea, we found that manipulations increase serotonergic the effect of 5-HT on glucocorticoid ..."

4. The Neuroscience of Mental Health: A Report on Neuroscience Research edited by Stephen H. Koslow (1997)
"The difference between the two groups of animals appears to lie in the levels of glucocorticoid receptor densities in the hippocampus and frontal cortex, ..."

5. Nutrient Composition of Rations for Short-term, High-intensity Combat Operations by Fnb, Institute of Medicine (U. S.), High-stress Situations, Committee on Military Nutrition Research, National Academy of Sciences (2005)
"Similar to dexamethasone, which is a synthetic glucocorticoid, carnitine at milli- molar concentrations triggered nuclear translocation of human ..."

6. Gene Expression in Horticultural Crops: Bibliography January 1991-October 1992 by Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Here it is shown that the glucocorticoid receptor expressed in plant cells is capable of activating a test gene linked to glucocorticoid response elements, ..."

7. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan G. Blazer (2006)
"Such epigenetic programming of stress reactivity is mediated by changes in hippocampal glucocorticoid receptor gene expression that are regulated by ..."

8. Anabolic Steroid Abuse by Geraline C. Lin (1996)
"Konagaya, M.; Bernard, PA; and Max, SR Blockage of glucocorticoid receptor binding and inhibition of dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy in the rat by ..."

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