Chapes S K, Kopydlowski K M, Fleming S D, Iandolo J J
Division of Biology and Department of Pathology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, USA.
Trans Kans Acad Sci. 1992;95(1-2):23-8.
Experiments were conducted to determine the effects of physiologically elevated corticosterone on the activation of macrophages and T cells. These studies find that the elevation of corticosterone does not affect the expression of membrane receptors on macrophages and does not affect the activation of macrophages to produce cytokines. In contrast, elevated corticosterone levels correlate with enhanced T cell proliferation to both mitogens and superantigens.
