Anti-inflammatory actions of Caesalpinin M2 in experimental colitis as a selective glucocoricoid receptor modulator

Although repression of inflammatory gene expression makes glucocorticoids (GCs) powerful anti-inflammatory agents, side effects limit usage and drive the search for improved glucocorticoid receptor (GR) ligands. It has been postulated that the anti-inflammatory effects of GCs are primarily mediated by GR’s activity in transrepressing major inflammation pathways such as NF-κB pathway, whereas their side effects are mostly mediated by GR’s...