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Beclomethasone dipropionate

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-011930

The dipropionate ester of a synthetic glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties. After cell surface receptor attachment and cell entry, beclomethasone enters the nucleus where it binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors, resulting in an altered gene expression and inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine production.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-011930
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNational Cancer Institute Thesaurus (CC BY 4.0)
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-011930",
  "term": "Beclomethasone dipropionate",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The dipropionate ester of a synthetic glucocorticoid with anti-inflammatory and immunomodulating properties. After cell surface receptor attachment and cell entry, beclomethasone enters the nucleus where it binds to and activates specific nuclear receptors, resulting in an altered gene expression and inhibition of proinflammatory cytokine production.",
  "references": [
    "National Cancer Institute Thesaurus"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/beclomethasone-dipropionate/"
}

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