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ISSN: 1001-0602
EISSN: 1748-7838 2018
impact factor 17.848*
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Volume 35 Issue 1, January 2025: 1-2
Tau(t)ing glucocorticoid binding
Sabine Vettorazzi , Jan Tuckermann*
Institute of Comparative Molecular Endocrinology, Ulm University, Ulm, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyGlucocorticoids are two-faced drugs: they have beneficial anti-inflammatory effects but, on the other hand, trigger complications like osteoporosis; identifying glucocorticoid-mediated pathways responsible for side effects, while maintaining their anti-inflammatory action, has been a long-standing goal. Fu et al. discovered that Tau acts as a low-affinity glucocorticoid receptor to induce bone resorption.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41422-024-01041-z