Paramethasone Explained

Paramethasone is a fluorinated glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory and immunosuppressant properties.^[1]

Further reading

• Wershil BK, Furuta GT, Lavigne JA, Choudhury AR, Wang ZS, Galli SJ . Dexamethasone and cyclosporin A suppress mast cell-leukocyte cytokine cascades by multiple mechanisms . International Archives of Allergy and Immunology . 107 . 1–3 . 323–4 . 1995 . 7613160 . 10.1159/000237015 . free .
• Riccardi C, Cifone MG, Migliorati G . Glucocorticoid hormone-induced modulation of gene expression and regulation of T-cell death: role of GITR and GILZ, two dexamethasone-induced genes . Cell Death and Differentiation . 6 . 12 . 1182–9 . December 1999 . 10637434 . 10.1038/sj.cdd.4400609 . free .
• Lavista Llanos S, Roldán A . Effect of dexamethasone on nitric oxide (NO.) production by cultured astrocytes . Biocell . 23 . 1 . 29–35 . April 1999 . 10904533 .

Notes and References

1. Toxnet: Paramethasone