Localization and expression of C1QTNF6 in chicken follicles and its regulatory effect on follicular granulosa cells by Chong Li, Qi Li, Xing Wu, Zihao Zhang, Jing Li, Ruirui Jiang, Guoxi Li, Xiaojun Liu, Xiangtao Kang, Zhuanjian Li, Donghua Li, Yadong Tian

“…There was no synergistic effect between C1QTNF6 and AdipoRon in steroid hormone production. Collectively, these findings suggest that C1QTNF6 may be a candidate gene for regulating follicular development and reproductive performance in chickens.…”
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Predictors of cytomegalovirus infection in patients with connective tissue disease treated by pulsed methylprednisolone therapy: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Haruka Ito, Takahiko Yoshimoto, Akatsuki Kokaze, Kuninobu Wakabayashi, Kazuteru Noguchi, Kiyoshi Matsui, Bunki Natsumoto, Keishi Fujio, Yutaro Hayashi, Yuko Kaneko, Takahisa Gono, Koh Okamoto, Shu Okugawa, Kyoji Moriya, Hirohiko Sueki

“…Peripheral blood cell data before the start of p-MPSL therapy and at the start of steroid tapering were collected in addition to baseline characteristics, including age, sex, and body mass index. …”
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Oral Administration of 17α-Methyltestosterone Increased Male Percentage of Freshwater Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus by O. Carman, M.Y. Jamal, . Alimuddin

“…Application of monosex male culture using steroid sex hormone administration method during the period of sex differentiation or early developmental stage might be increased efficiency in farming.  …”
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PPARγ Ligands Regulate Noncontractile and Contractile Functions of Airway Smooth Muscle: Implications for Asthma Therapy by Chantal Donovan, Xiahui Tan, Jane Elizabeth Bourke

“…Of particular interest, a small clinical trial has shown that oral RGZ treatment improves lung function in smokers with asthma, a group that is generally unresponsive to conventional steroid treatment. These combined findings support further investigation of the potential for PPARγ agonists to target the noncontractile and contractile functions of ASM to improve outcomes for patients with poorly controlled asthma.…”
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IgG4-Related Disease Presenting as Isolated Scleritis by Eran Berkowitz, Ella Arnon, Alona Yaakobi, Yuval Cohen, Beatrice Tiosano

“…Long-term treatment with corticosteroids and a steroid-sparing agent (methotrexate) led to significant improvement in signs and symptoms. …”
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A Case of TAFRO Syndrome Developed after COVID-19 Vaccination by Hitomi Hirose, Hitoshi Suzuki, Yukako Umezawa, Masako Iwasaki, Hiromitsu Fukuda, Hisatsugu Takahara, Shigeki Tomita, Yusuke Suzuki

“…This case fulfilled three major categories (thrombocytopenia, anasarca, and systemic inflammation) and two minor categories (renal insufficiency and myelofibrosis) and was diagnosed with TAFRO syndrome. High-dose steroid treatment was initiated, followed by prednisolone administration. …”
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Eosinophilic Gastritis in a Patient Previously Treated with Dupilumab by Masaya Iwamuro, Toshi Murakami, Takehiro Tanaka, Shohei Oka, Seiji Kawano, Yoshiro Kawahara, Hiroyuki Okada

“…The gastric lesions were resolved by steroid administration. This case report underscores that eosinophil-associated gastrointestinal diseases should be considered in the differential diagnosis of gastric lesions occurring in patients who were treated with dupilumab.…”
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Combination Immunosuppressive Therapy in Primary Autoimmune Inner Ear Disease in Pregnancy by Saikrishna Ananthapadmanabhan, Joe Jabbour, David Brown, Vanaja Sivapathasingam

“…Concerns include safe dosing of steroids and potential for transplacental migration of immune complexes. …”
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Presumed ocular tuberculosis in a developed country: a descriptive retrospective analysis of patients from a tertiary health care centre in the United Kingdom by Mariam M. Boshra, Amira Stylianidies, Hitesh Agrawal

“…Twenty-five patients needed additional immunosuppression (steroid alone or combined with immune suppressive therapy) 3 months after completing the ATT because of persistent inflammation. …”
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Post-COVID Mucormycosis: An Emerging Threat in Developing Countries - A Prospective Review by Debpratim Chakraborty, Sudipa Adhikary

“…Several factors, including high glucose levels (diabetes, onset, steroid-induced hyperglycemia), low oxygen levels, elevated iron levels (especially ferritin), metabolic acidosis, and diabetic ketoacidosis, can facilitate the germination of mucor spores. …”
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Bilateral Birdshot Retinochoroiditis and Retinal Astrocytoma by Sunil Mamtora, Yun Wong, Dugald Bell, Teresa Sandinha

“…The case underlines the need for early identification and treatment of birdshot retinochoroiditis with steroids and disease modifying drugs. Astrocytoma in the absence of tuberous sclerosis is also uncommon. …”
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A Case of Long-Term Survival after Checkpoint Inhibitor Pneumonitis in a Patient with Squamous Cell Lung Cancer by Hironori Ashinuma, Satoko Mizuno, Yasushi Yoshida, Masato Shingyoji

“…Nivolumab treatment was withheld without the administration of steroids. Although she remained asymptomatic, subsequent images revealed an increasing interstitial shadow until 2 months after the stop of nivolumab treatment. …”
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Liver Infarction in a Patient with HELLP and Probable Anti-phospholipid Syndrome by Cihan Kaya, Hüseyin Cengiz, Murat Ekin, Ammar Kanawati, Levent Yaşar

“…She did well with the administered anticoagulant and steroid therapy. Pregnant women with progressively elevating liver enzymes should be evaluated for hepatic infarction and underlying diseases such as anti-phospholipid syndrome. …”
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Understanding the impact of triazoles on female fertility and embryo development: Mechanisms and implications by Sonal Sharma, Geeta Pandey

“…The findings suggest that triazoles might negatively affect female fertility and embryonic development through multiple mechanisms including inhibition or interference with key enzymes such as CYP17A1 and CYP19A1 (aromatase) involved in steroid hormone synthesis, endocrine disruption, oxidative stress, disruption of signaling pathways, and apoptosis. …”
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Atypical Endobronchial Carcinoid with Postobstructive Pneumonia Obscuring the Diagnosis of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis by Robert Ali, Candice Baldeo, Jesse Onyenekwe, Roshan Lala, Cristian Landa, Anwer Siddiqi

“…The return of appropriate serology coincided with progression to alveolar hemorrhage, offering a more complete clinical picture, and when she responded to the combination of steroid, cyclophosphamide, and plasma exchange, the diagnosis of GPA was cinched.…”
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Endometrial Carcinoma Presenting as Vasculitic Sensorimotor Polyneuropathy by Marketa Vasku, Thomas Papathemelis, Nicolai Maass, Ivo Meinhold-Heerlein, Dirk Bauerschlag

“…We present a case of a premenopausal woman with severe vasculitic, asymmetric sensorimotor polyneuropathy that developed in conjunction with an endometrial carcinoma responding to surgical therapy of primary tumor combined to steroid therapy. Neurological symptoms such as asymmetrical sensorimotor deficits and painful paresthesias are suspicious when they occur in otherwise healthy women with no medical history. …”
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Sensorineural Hearing Loss as a First Presentation of Multiple Myeloma: A Successful Management with Therapeutic Plasma Exchange by Morteza Daraei, Ahmad Khajeh-Mehrizi, Behrooz Amirzargar, Fereshteh Ameli, Fahimeh Zeinalkhan

“…We present a 45-year-old woman with hyperviscosity syndrome (serum viscosity of 10.2 cP) from MM who presented with hearing disturbance that responded dramatically to plasma exchange with saline and intratympanic steroid treatment. Serum protein electrophoresis confirmed the presence of a monoclonal band, and bone marrow biopsy showed a hypercellular marrow with 90% plasma cells, which demonstrated lambda monoclonal restriction. …”
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Rare presentation of vitamin D toxicity with hypertriglyceridemia and pancreatitis by Bushra Rehman, Fozia Memon, Khadija Nuzhat Humayun, Muzna Arif

“…The management challenges encountered while managing this case were the need for high glucose infusion rate fluids with insulin for hypertriglyceridemia, electrolyte imbalances secondary to forced diuresis, difficulties in providing fat-free formula, gradual introduction of maternal breastfeeding due to pancreatitis and rebound hypercalcemia requiring steroid treatment. These complications, rarely reported in hypervitaminosis D, highlight the need for careful vitamin D dosing in the pediatric population. …”
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Intracranial Complication of Rhinosinusitis from Actinomycosis of the Paranasal Sinuses: A Rare Case of Abducens Nerve Palsy by G. L. Fadda, M. Gisolo, E. Crosetti, A. Fulcheri, G. Succo

“…Sinonasal actinomycosis should be suspected when a patient with chronic sinusitis does not respond to medical therapy or has a history of facial trauma, dental disease, cancer, immunodeficiency, long-term steroid therapy, diabetes, or malnutrition. Radiological evaluation with computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging are important in differential diagnosis, evaluating the extent of disease, and understanding clinical symptoms. …”
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Bilateral Renal Colic as an Initial Presentation of Erdheim-Chester Disease by Julien Sarkis, Fady Haddad, Sarah Nasr, Elie Hanna, Ahmad Mroueh, Elie Nemr

“…We present a rare case of a 75-year-old woman on long-term treatment for panhypopituitarism and steroid therapy for vasculitis, presenting to the emergency department with bilateral renal colic and acute kidney injury. …”
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