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R. B. Castro, Longui, C. A., Faria, C. D. C., Silva, T. S., Richeti, F., Rocha, M. N., Melo, M. R., Pereira, W. L., Chamlian, E. G., and Rivetti, L. A., Tissue-specific adaptive levels of glucocorticoid receptor alpha mRNA and their relationship with insulin resistance, vol. 11, pp. 3975-3987, 2012.
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The threshold value for insulin resistance (HOMA-IR) in an admixtured population IR in the Brazilian Metabolic Syndrome Study. Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. 72: 219-220. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2005.10.017 PMid:16310881   Georgakopoulos A and Tsawdaroglou N (1996). Insulin potentiates the transactivation potency of the glucocorticoid receptor. FEBS Lett. 381: 177-182. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(96)00115-9   Gesina E, Blondeau B, Milet A, Le N, I, et al. (2006). Glucocorticoid signalling affects pancreatic development through both direct and indirect effects. Diabetologia 49: 2939-2947. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00125-006-0449-3 PMid:17001468 PMCid:1885455   Goedecke JH, Wake DJ, Levitt NS, Lambert EV, et al. (2006). Glucocorticoid metabolism within superficial subcutaneous rather than visceral adipose tissue is associated with features of the metabolic syndrome in South African women. Clin. Endocrinol. 65: 81-87. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2265.2006.02552.x PMid:16817824   Gross KL, Lu NZ and Cidlowski JA (2009). Molecular mechanisms regulating glucocorticoid sensitivity and resistance. Mol. Cell Endocrinol. 300: 7-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mce.2008.10.001 PMid:19000736 PMCid:2674248   Hoppmann J, Perwitz N, Meier B, Fasshauer M, et al. (2010). The balance between gluco- and mineralo-corticoid action critically determines inflammatory adipocyte responses. J. Endocrinol. 204: 153-164. http://dx.doi.org/10.1677/JOE-09-0292 PMid:19939912   Longui CA and Faria CD (2009). Evaluation of glucocorticoid sensitivity and its potential clinical applicability. Horm. Res. 71: 305-309. http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000223413 PMid:19506386   Löwenberg M, Tuynman J, Scheffer M, Verhaar A, et al. (2006). Kinome analysis reveals nongenomic glucocorticoid receptor-dependent inhibition of insulin signaling. Endocrinology 147: 3555-3562. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/en.2005-1602 PMid:16574792   Lu NZ and Cidlowski JA (2005). Translational regulatory mechanisms generate N-terminal glucocorticoid receptor isoforms with unique transcriptional target genes. Mol. Cell 18: 331-342. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcel.2005.03.025 PMid:15866175   Lundgren M, Buren J, Ruge T, Myrnas T, et al. (2004). Glucocorticoids down-regulate glucose uptake capacity and insulin-signaling proteins in omental but not subcutaneous human adipocytes. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 89: 2989-2997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2003-031157 PMid:15181089   Masuzaki H, Paterson J, Shinyama H, Morton NM, et al. (2001). A transgenic model of visceral obesity and the metabolic syndrome. Science 294: 2166-2170. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1066285 PMid:11739957   Melo MR, Faria CD, Melo KC, Reboucas NA, et al. (2004). Real-time PCR quantitation of glucocorticoid receptor alpha isoform. BMC Mol. 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Local and systemic impact of transcriptional up-regulation of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in adipose tissue in human obesity. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 88: 3983-3988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2003-030286 PMid:12915696   Wallace AD and Cidlowski JA (2001). Proteasome-mediated glucocorticoid receptor degradation restricts transcriptional signaling by glucocorticoids. J. Biol. Chem. 276: 42714-42721. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M106033200 PMid:11555652   Wallace TM, Levy JC and Matthews DR (2004). Use and abuse of HOMA modeling. Diabetes Care 27: 1487-1495. http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diacare.27.6.1487 PMid:15161807   Wang M (2005). The role of glucocorticoid action in the pathophysiology of the Metabolic Syndrome. Nutr. Metab. 2: 3. http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1743-7075-2-3 PMid:15689240 PMCid:548667   Wassink AM, Van Der Graaf Y, Olijhoek JK and Visseren FL (2008). Metabolic syndrome and the risk of new vascular events and all-cause mortality in patients with coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease or abdominal aortic aneurysm. Eur. Heart J. 29: 213-223. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehm582 PMid:18199567   Webster JC, Jewell CM, Bodwell JE, Munck A, et al. (1997). Mouse glucocorticoid receptor phosphorylation status influences multiple functions of the receptor protein. J. Biol. Chem. 272: 9287-9293. http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.272.14.9287 PMid:9083064   Whorwood CB, Donovan SJ, Wood PJ and Phillips DI (2001). Regulation of glucocorticoid receptor alpha and beta isoforms and type I 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase expression in human skeletal muscle cells: a key role in the pathogenesis of insulin resistance? J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 86: 2296-2308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.86.5.2296 PMid:11344242   Whorwood CB, Donovan SJ, Flanagan D, Phillips DI, et al. (2002). Increased glucocorticoid receptor expression in human skeletal muscle cells may contribute to the pathogenesis of the metabolic syndrome. Diabetes 51: 1066-1075. http://dx.doi.org/10.2337/diabetes.51.4.1066 PMid:11916927   Zennaro MC, Caprio M and Feve B (2009). Mineralocorticoid receptors in the metabolic syndrome. Trends Endocrinol. Metab. 20: 444-451. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tem.2009.05.006 PMid:19800255
2010
A. L. Oliveira, Rodrigues, F. F. O., Santos, R. E., Aoki, T., Rocha, M. N., Longui, C. A., and Melo, M. B., GSTT1, GSTM1, and GSTP1 polymorphisms and chemotherapy response in locally advanced breast cancer, vol. 9, pp. 1045-1053, 2010.
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L. O. Cavalcante, Melo, M. R., Dinis, V. G., Castro, R. B., Souza, B. D. B., and Longui, C. A., Quantitation of glucocorticoid receptor alpha and NF-κB pathway mRNA and its correlation with disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis patients, vol. 9, pp. 2300-2310, 2010.
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