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COPD: Management Using Bronchodilators and Corticosteroids
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2024
Chronic obstructive pulmonary isease (COPD) involves a group of progressive lung disorders characterized by persistent airflow limitation and chronic respiratory symptoms. Asthma-COPD Overlap Syndrome (ACOS), encompassing features of both asthma and Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), is a group of progressive lung disorders that includes chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and refractory (non-reversible) asthma. ACOS leads to complex clinical presentations that combine the inflammatory...
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Antiasthma Drugs: Inhaled Corticosteroids and Glucocorticoids
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2024
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are anti-inflammatory drugs used primarily in treating persistent asthma and providing long-term maintenance. They target the bronchial mucosa, the lining of the airways, to control inflammation, a critical factor in asthma progression and exacerbation. ICS work through a multifaceted mechanism of action. They suppress the inflammatory response caused by the proliferation of TH cells. They also reduce the transcription of the IL-2 gene, which is involved in the...
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Ultrasound-Guided Needle Release Combined with Corticosteroid Injection for the Treatment of Supinator Syndrome
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2023
The deep branch of the radial nerve can easily be compressed at the arcade of Frohse due to its anatomical features. Ultrasound-guided needle release combined with corticosteroid injection is an effective and safe treatment for deep branch radial nerve adhesion.
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Bronchial Thermoplasty: A Novel Therapeutic Approach to Severe Asthma
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2010
Bronchial thermoplasty is a non-drug procedure for severe persistent asthma that delivers thermal energy to the airway wall in a precisely controlled manner to reduce excessive airway smooth muscle. Reducing airway smooth muscle decreases the ability of the airways to constrict, thereby reducing the frequency of asthma attacks.
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Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty
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2011
Reverse total shoulder arthroplasty is indicated for the treatment of conditions that cannot be treated with conventional arthroplasty or other procedures. These primarily include degenerative and incapacitating conditions with irreparable rotator cuff and loss of the normal biomechanical coupling of the shoulder.
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After entering a target cell, corticosteroids bind intracellular glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid receptors. The hormone-receptor interaction influences regulatory proteins in the nucleus, which changes gene transcription. This mechanism allows the signal to modify cellular programs rather than merely producing a rapid surface-level response, linking hormone exposure to changes in immune, metabolic, stress, or electrolyte-related activity.
Glucocorticoid signaling is associated with control of inflammation, immune activity, glucose metabolism, and physiological stress responses. Mineralocorticoid signaling instead emphasizes electrolyte balance and blood pressure regulation. Both act through intracellular receptors and nuclear effects, but their distinct physiological roles help explain why corticosteroid biology spans immune regulation, metabolism, fluid balance, and cardiovascular control.
Gene transcription provides a route through which corticosteroid-receptor complexes influence regulatory proteins in the nucleus and alter cellular function. Because this mechanism changes the expression of genes involved in biological responses, it can affect several systems at once, including inflammatory activity, glucose handling, stress responses, and electrolyte regulation. This broad reach contributes to both therapeutic effects and unwanted consequences.
Natural adrenal hormones participate in normal regulation of immune, metabolic, stress, electrolyte, and blood-pressure processes. Synthetic corticosteroid drugs are related compounds designed for biological and medical use, and their potent effects can be directed toward conditions such as inflammation or autoimmunity. However, exposure that is excessive or prolonged may interfere with normal endocrine function rather than simply extending normal physiology.
Their medical use is supported by effects on inflammation and immune activity, so corticosteroid drugs can be applied in the treatment of inflammatory and autoimmune disorders. The same biological actions that reduce excessive immune responses also require careful attention to exposure, because potent or prolonged activity can disturb normal endocrine regulation and produce significant side effects.
A biological investigation can examine changes in inflammatory or immune activity, glucose metabolism, and responses to physiological stress when focusing on glucocorticoid effects. Studies of mineralocorticoid activity can instead assess electrolyte balance and blood pressure regulation. Researchers may also evaluate whether exposure disrupts normal endocrine function, especially when corticosteroid activity is prolonged or excessive.