11β-HSD1 inhibition in men mitigates prednisolone-induced adverse effects in a proof-of-concept randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial

Glucocorticoids prescribed to limit inflammation, have significant adverse effects. Here the authors show that co-administration of AZD4017 with prednisolone in men is a potential strategy to limit adverse glucocorticoid effects.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nantia Othonos, Riccardo Pofi, Anastasia Arvaniti, Sarah White, Ilaria Bonaventura, Nikolaos Nikolaou, Ahmad Moolla, Thomas Marjot, Roland H. Stimson, André P. van Beek, Martijn van Faassen, Andrea M. Isidori, Elizabeth Bateman, Ross Sadler, Fredrik Karpe, Paul M. Stewart, Craig Webster, Joanne Duffy, Richard Eastell, Fatma Gossiel, Thomas Cornfield, Leanne Hodson, K. Jane Escott, Andrew Whittaker, Ufuk Kirik, Ruth L. Coleman, Charles A. B. Scott, Joanne E. Milton, Olorunsola Agbaje, Rury R. Holman, Jeremy W. Tomlinson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-02-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-36541-w