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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2005 Sep 21.
Published in final edited form as: Viral Immunol. 2005;18(1):41–78. doi: 10.1089/vim.2005.18.41

FIG. 5.

FIG. 5

Local factors regulating glucocorticoid bioavailability and action. (1) corticosterone binding globulin (CBG), (2) 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11β-HSD), (3) multidrug resistance transporter (MDR pump), (4) glucocorticoid receptor (GR = GRα) nuclear translocation, (5) GR interaction with other transcription factors (AP-1 [jun/fos], NFκB), and (6) ratio of GRα:GRβ isoform expression. HSP, heat shock protein; MAP kinase, mitogen-activated protein kinase. Reprinted with modifications by permission from Silverman et al. (274).