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The glucocorticoid-bound GCR can either up-regulate the expression of anti-inflammatory proteins (transactivation) or repress the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins (transrepression)<ref>PMID:24113652</ref>. | The glucocorticoid-bound GCR can either up-regulate the expression of anti-inflammatory proteins (transactivation) or repress the expression of pro-inflammatory proteins (transrepression)<ref>PMID:24113652</ref>. | ||
== Disease == | |||
[[Budesonide]] is an agonist of GCR and is used as medication for asthma and inflammatory bowel diseases like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease<ref>PMID:15641626</ref>. | |||
== Structural highlights == | == Structural highlights == | ||
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<scene name='96/962959/Binding_site/1'>Budesonide binding site</scene>. Water molecule is shown as red sphere. | <scene name='96/962959/Binding_site/1'>Budesonide binding site</scene>. Water molecule is shown as red sphere. | ||
<scene name='97/973067/Overall/1'>Crystal Structure of mometasone furoate-bound glucocorticoid receptor ligand binding domain</scene> ([[4p6w]]). | |||
<scene name='97/973067/Binding_site/1'>Mometasone furoate binding site</scene>. | |||
==3D structures of glucocorticoid receptor== | ==3D structures of glucocorticoid receptor== | ||