Description: The development of glucocorticoids as therapeutic agents.- Glucocorticoid biology - a molecular maze and clinical challenge..- Glucocorticoid biology - a historical perspective.- The development of synthetic glucocorticoids.- Molecular mechanisms of glucocorticoid action.- The glucocorticoid receptor: expression, function, and regulation of glucocorticoid responsiveness.- Molecular and cellular aspects of cytokine regulation by glucocorticoids.- Current perspectives in glucocorticoid biology.- Glucocorticoids and leukocyte adhesion.- Annexin I as a mediator of glucocorticoid action.- Glucocorticoids and the HPA axis.- The role of 11?-hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase in regulating glucocorticoid action..- Glucocorticoids in contemporary clinical practice.- Glucocorticoids and asthma.- Systemic glucocorticoids in chronic arthritis.- Glucocorticoids in the control of inflammatory bowel disease.
