Background and Purpose: Adrenal glucocorticoids (GC) increase acutely after myocardial infarction (MI) and thereafter tissue levels are maintained selectively within cells expressing the enzyme 11ßHydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase type 1 (11ßHSD1) that regenerates active GC from circulating metabolites. ...
ORGANISM(S): Sus scrofa domesticus (domestic pig)
