0 7 Effects Effect NNPS 8 10 of of IN 11 26 glucocorticoids glucocorticoid NNS 27 29 on on IN 30 43 transcription transcription NN 44 50 factor factor NN 51 61 activation activation NN 62 64 in in IN 65 70 human human JJ 71 81 peripheral peripheral JJ 82 87 blood blood NN 88 99 mononuclear mononuclear JJ 100 105 cells cell NNS 105 106 . . . 108 123 Glucocorticoids glucocorticoid NNS 124 128 have have VBP 129 131 an an DT 132 142 inhibitory inhibitory JJ 143 149 effect effect NN 150 152 on on IN 153 165 inflammatory inflammatory JJ 166 169 and and CC 170 176 immune immune JJ 177 186 responses response NNS 186 187 , , , 188 191 and and CC 192 196 this this DT 197 200 may may MD 201 203 be be VB 204 211 through through IN 212 215 the the DT 216 226 modulation modulation NN 227 229 of of IN 230 243 transcription transcription NN 244 250 factor factor NN 251 258 binding bind VBG 259 261 to to TO 262 265 DNA DNA NNP 265 266 . . . 267 270 The the DT 271 282 interaction interaction NN 283 285 of of IN 286 289 the the DT 290 303 transcription transcription NN 304 311 factors factor NNS 311 312 , , , 313 322 activator activator NN 323 332 protein-1 protein-1 NN 333 334 ( ( ( 334 338 AP-1 ap-1 NN 338 339 ) ) ) 339 340 , , , 341 348 nuclear nuclear JJ 349 355 factor factor NN 356 361 kappa kappa NN 362 363 B B NNP 364 365 ( ( ( 365 367 NF NF NNP 368 373 kappa kappa NNP 374 375 B B NNP 375 376 ) ) ) 376 377 , , , 378 381 and and CC 382 397 cAMP-responsive camp-responsive JJ 398 405 element element NN 406 413 binding binding NN 414 421 protein protein NN 422 423 ( ( ( 423 427 CREB CREB NNP 427 428 ) ) ) 429 433 with with IN 434 437 DNA DNA NNP 438 441 and and CC 442 456 glucocorticoid glucocorticoid NN 457 466 receptors receptor NNS 467 468 ( ( ( 468 470 GR GR NNP 470 471 ) ) ) 472 475 was be VBD 476 484 analyzed analyze VBN 485 487 in in IN 488 493 human human JJ 494 504 peripheral peripheral JJ 505 510 blood blood NN 511 522 mononuclear mononuclear JJ 523 528 cells cell NNS 529 531 by by IN 532 535 gel gel NN 536 544 mobility mobility NN 545 550 shift shift NN 551 557 assays assay NNS 557 558 . . . 559 568 TNF-alpha TNF-alpha NNP 568 569 , , , 570 574 IL-1 il-1 NN 575 579 beta beta NN 580 583 and and CC 584 591 phorbol phorbol NN 592 601 myristate myristate NN 602 609 acetate acetate NN 610 611 ( ( ( 611 614 PMA PMA NNP 614 615 ) ) ) 616 625 treatment treatment NN 626 635 increased increase VBD 636 640 AP-1 ap-1 NN 641 644 and and CC 645 647 NF NF NNP 648 653 kappa kappa NN 654 655 B B NNP 656 659 DNA DNA NNP 660 667 binding binding NN 668 670 by by IN 671 673 up up RB 674 676 to to TO 677 680 200 200 CD 680 681 % % NN 682 685 but but CC 686 695 decreased decrease VBD 696 700 CREB CREB NNP 701 708 binding binding NN 709 710 ( ( ( 710 712 38 38 CD 712 713 % % NN 713 714 ) ) ) 715 719 over over IN 720 721 a a DT 722 728 60-min 60-min JJ 729 733 time time NN 734 740 course course NN 740 741 . . . 742 755 Dexamethasone Dexamethasone NNP 756 764 produced produce VBD 765 766 a a DT 767 772 rapid rapid JJ 773 776 and and CC 777 786 sustained sustained JJ 787 795 increase increase NN 796 798 in in IN 799 813 glucocorticoid glucocorticoid NN 814 822 response response NN 823 830 element element NN 831 838 binding binding NN 839 842 and and CC 843 844 a a DT 845 856 concomitant concomitant JJ 857 862 40-50 40-50 CD 862 863 % % NN 864 872 decrease decrease NN 873 875 in in IN 876 880 AP-1 ap-1 NN 880 881 , , , 882 884 NF NF NNP 885 890 kappa kappa NN 891 892 B B NNP 892 893 , , , 894 897 and and CC 898 902 CREB CREB NNP 903 906 DNA DNA NNP 907 914 binding binding NN 915 919 that that WDT 920 923 was be VBD 924 931 blocked block VBN 932 934 by by IN 935 943 combined combined JJ 944 957 dexamethasone dexamethasone NN 958 961 and and CC 962 970 cytokine cytokine NN 971 973 or or CC 974 977 PMA PMA NNP 978 987 treatment treatment NN 987 988 . . . 989 994 These these DT 995 1001 latter latter JJ 1002 1009 effects effect NNS 1010 1014 were be VBD 1015 1018 due due JJ 1019 1021 to to TO 1022 1031 increases increase NNS 1032 1034 in in IN 1035 1038 the the DT 1039 1046 nuclear nuclear JJ 1047 1059 localization localization NN 1060 1062 of of IN 1063 1065 GR GR NNP 1065 1066 , , , 1067 1070 not not RB 1071 1073 to to TO 1074 1081 reduced reduce VBN 1082 1089 amounts amount NNS 1090 1092 of of IN 1093 1096 the the DT 1097 1102 other other JJ 1103 1116 transcription transcription NN 1117 1124 factors factor NNS 1124 1125 . . . 1126 1130 This this DT 1131 1139 suggests suggest VBZ 1140 1144 that that IN 1145 1147 in in IN 1148 1153 these these DT 1154 1159 cells cell NNS 1160 1162 GR gr NN 1163 1169 within within IN 1170 1173 the the DT 1174 1181 nucleus nucleus NN 1182 1191 interacts interact VBZ 1192 1196 with with IN 1197 1216 cytokine-stimulated cytokine-stimulated JJ 1217 1230 transcription transcription NN 1231 1238 factors factor NNS 1239 1241 by by IN 1242 1245 the the DT 1246 1253 process process NN 1254 1256 of of IN 1257 1262 cross cross NN 1263 1271 coupling coupling NN 1271 1272 . . . 1273 1277 This this DT 1278 1281 may may MD 1282 1284 be be VB 1285 1287 an an DT 1288 1297 important important JJ 1298 1307 molecular molecular JJ 1308 1312 site site NN 1313 1315 of of IN 1316 1323 steroid steroid NN 1324 1330 action action NN 1330 1331 . . .