Abstract
Glucocorticoids (GCs), steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, are widely used in therapy mainly for their anti-inflammatory, immunosuppressive and antiangiogenic activities. They have the ability to reduce the transcription of several enzymes / inflammatory proteins such as cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) and nitric oxide synthase (iNOS); proinflammatory cytokines and vascular endothelial growth fac…