Figure 1 hGRα (white bars) and hGRβ (grey bars) mRNA expression in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from healthy staff members (control, n = 21), newly diagnosed steroid naive IBD patients (n = 16), IBD patients in remission treated with (rem +, n = 15) or without glucocorticoids (rem −, n = 20) and patients with active disease with (act +, n = 16) or without glucocorticoids (act −, n = 19). IBD, inflammatory bowel disease.