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57th Annual ESPE

Athens, Greece
27 Sep 2018 - 29 Sep 2018

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ESPE 2018 57th European Society for Paediatric Endocrinology Annual Meeting 27-29 September 2018 Athens, Greece

Symposia

Molecular Mechanisms of Tissue Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids: Potential Clinical Implications

hrp0089s6.1 | Molecular Mechanisms of Tissue Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids: Potential Clinical Implications | ESPE2018

Cardiomyocyte Glucocorticoid and Mineralocorticoid Receptors Antagonistically Regulate Heart Disease

Oakley Robert H , Cruz-Topete Diana , He Bo , Foley Julie F , Myers Page H , Willis Monte S , Gomez-Sanchez Celso E , Chambo Pierre , Cidlowski John A

Stress is increasingly associated with cardiac disease. Glucocorticoids are primary stress hormones that regulate homeostasis through two nuclear receptors, the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). Cardiomyocytes express both receptors but little is known concerning their specific and coordinated actions in heart physiology and pathology. To examine the in vivo function of glucocorticoid signaling in the heart, we generated mice with cardi...

hrp0089s6.2 | Molecular Mechanisms of Tissue Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids: Potential Clinical Implications | ESPE2018

Immune Regulation by Glucocorticoids

Ray David

Glucocorticoids (cortisol in humans, corticosterone in rodents) are critical regulators of energy metabolism and immunity. Their secretion by the adrenal gland follows a circadian pattern, with serum concentrations peaking before the active phase (day in humans, night in rodents). Synthetic glucocorticoids are the most potent anti-inflammatory agents known, and are widely used therapeutically, with >1% of the UK population holding a prescription long-term. However, frequen...

hrp0089s6.3 | Molecular Mechanisms of Tissue Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids: Potential Clinical Implications | ESPE2018

Chemical Modification of the Glucocorticoid Receptor as a Determinant of Tissue Glucocorticoid Sensitivity: Implications to Circadian Rhythms, Stress Response and Treatment of Pediatric Leukemia

Kino Tomoshige

Glucocorticoid hormones virtually influence all human functions both in a basal homeostatic condition and under stress. Thus, many other biological pathways adjust glucocorticoid actions in local tissues (tissue glucocorticoid sensitivity) by targeting the single receptor molecule glucocorticoid receptor (GR) as part of the regulatory loop coordinating complex human functions. Among them, chemical modification of GR, such as by acetylation and phosphorylation, is highlighted a...