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December 2001 in “Dermatologic Therapy” This study found elevated unoccupied type II GC receptors and decreased thioredoxin levels in alopecia areata patients' scalps, which may explain the variable effectiveness of glucocorticoid treatment for hair regrowth.
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October 2020 in “General and comparative endocrinology” This study found that age-related fluctuations in hormones and endocannabinoids in male C57BL/6 mice showed specific patterns, with peak values observed around 2.7 to 3.4 months, with these patterns seen in both plasma and hair but with different magnitudes.
June 2020 in “Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases” This study surveyed patients with idiopathic inflammatory myopathy and found that glucocorticoid treatment commonly leads to adverse effects, particularly sleep disturbance, mood swings, and weight gain, with more severe effects reported by female patients.
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October 2006 in “Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry” This study describes a fast LC/MS/MS method for detecting various synthetic drugs in urine, meeting World Anti-Doping Agency performance limits.
In this study, adolescents with depressive symptoms were found to have higher urinary excretion rates of certain steroid metabolites, including corticosterone and adrenal hormones, and a specific metabolite ratio was identified as a potential biomarker for distinguishing these patients from healthy controls.