Steroid Receptors
Let's start at the top. How steroids are able to give us the desired effects is, in fact, via two methods of action. According to NIH.Gov:
Steroids can act through two basic mechanisms: genomic and non-genomic. The classical genomic action is mediated by specific intracellular receptors, whereas the primary target for the non-genomic one is the cell membrane. Many clinical symptoms seem to be mediated through the non-genomic route.
So already the the idea of...
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Let's start at the top. How steroids are able to give us the desired effects is, in fact, via two methods of action. According to NIH.Gov:
Steroids can act through two basic mechanisms: genomic and non-genomic. The classical genomic action is mediated by specific intracellular receptors, whereas the primary target for the non-genomic one is the cell membrane. Many clinical symptoms seem to be mediated through the non-genomic route.
So already the the idea of...
Read more