Hydrocortisone

"Hydrocortisone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The main glucocorticoid secreted by the ADRENAL CORTEX. Its synthetic counterpart is used, either as an injection or topically, in the treatment of inflammation, allergy, collagen diseases, asthma, adrenocortical deficiency, shock, and some neoplastic conditions.

Descriptor ID	D006854
MeSH Number(s)	D04.210.500.745.745.654.600 D06.472.040.585.353.476 D06.472.040.585.478.392
Concept/Terms	Hydrocortisone Hydrocortisone Cortisol Hydrocortisone, (9 beta,10 alpha,11 alpha)-Isomer Hydrocortisone, (9 beta,10 alpha,11 alpha)-Isomer Hydrocortisone, (11 alpha)-Isomer Hydrocortisone, (11 alpha)-Isomer 11-Epicortisol 11 Epicortisol Epicortisol Cortifair Cortifair Cortril Cortril

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Hydrocortisone".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Polycyclic Compounds [D04]
Fused-Ring Compounds [D04.210]
Steroids [D04.210.500]
Pregnanes [D04.210.500.745]
Pregnenes [D04.210.500.745.745]
Pregnenediones [D04.210.500.745.745.654]
Hydrocortisone [D04.210.500.745.745.654.600]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D06]
Hormones [D06.472]
Adrenal Cortex Hormones [D06.472.040]
Hydroxycorticosteroids [D06.472.040.585]
11-Hydroxycorticosteroids [D06.472.040.585.353]
Hydrocortisone [D06.472.040.585.353.476]
17-Hydroxycorticosteroids [D06.472.040.585.478]
Hydrocortisone [D06.472.040.585.478.392]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Hydrocortisone".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Hydrocortisone".

Hydrocortisone
Fludrocortisone

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Bar chart showing 66 publications over 22 distinct years, with a maximum of 9 publications in 2017

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	2	2
1999	1	1	2
2004	1	1	2
2005	1	0	1
2006	1	3	4
2008	0	1	1
2010	3	2	5
2011	3	2	5
2012	0	1	1
2013	1	3	4
2014	3	1	4
2015	3	0	3
2016	0	1	1
2017	6	3	9
2018	1	3	4
2019	1	1	2
2020	0	3	3
2021	2	1	3
2022	2	0	2
2023	1	4	5
2025	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Hydrocortisone" by people in Profiles.

Wiley KS, Gouveia G, Camilo C, Euclydes V, Panter-Brick C, Matijasevich A, Ferraro AA, Fracolli LA, Chiesa AM, Miguel EC, Polanczyk GV, Brentani H. A Preliminary Investigation of Associations Between Traumatic Events Experienced During Pregnancy and Salivary Diurnal Cortisol Levels of Brazilian Adolescent Mothers and Infants. Am J Hum Biol. 2025 Feb; 37(2):e70004.

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Kwon D, Knorr DA, Wiley KS, Young SL, Fox MM. Association of pica with cortisol and inflammation among Latina pregnant women. Am J Hum Biol. 2024 05; 36(5):e24025.

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Amir Abdul Nasir AF, Niehaus AC, Cameron SF, Ujvari B, Madsen T, von Hippel FA, Gao S, Dillon DM, Buck CL, Charters J, Heiniger J, Blomberg S, Wilson RS. Manganese Exacerbates Seasonal Health Declines in a Suicidally Breeding Mammal. Environ Toxicol Chem. 2024 Jan; 43(1):74-86.

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Karuppaiah G, Lee MH, Bhansali S, Manickam P. Electrochemical sensors for cortisol detection: Principles, designs, fabrication, and characterisation. Biosens Bioelectron. 2023 Nov 01; 239:115600.

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Fox MM, Knorr DA, Kwon D, Wiley KS, Parrish MH. How prenatal cortisol levels relate to grandmother-mother relationships among a cohort of Latina women. Am J Hum Biol. 2023 07; 35(7):e23883.

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Wiley KS, Camilo C, Gouveia G, Euclydes V, Panter-Brick C, Matijasevich A, Ferraro AA, Fracolli LA, Chiesa AM, Miguel EC, Polanczyk GV, Brentani H. Maternal distress, DNA methylation, and fetal programing of stress physiology in Brazilian mother-infant pairs. Dev Psychobiol. 2023 01; 65(1):e22352.

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Saadatmand F, Abbas M, Apprey V, Tailor K, Kwabi-Addo B. Sex differences in saliva-based DNA methylation changes and environmental stressor in young African American adults. PLoS One. 2022; 17(9):e0273717.

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Watterberg KL, Walsh MC, Li L, Chawla S, D'Angio CT, Goldberg RN, Hintz SR, Laughon MM, Yoder BA, Kennedy KA, McDavid GE, Backstrom-Lacy C, Das A, Crawford MM, Keszler M, Sokol GM, Poindexter BB, Ambalavanan N, Hibbs AM, Truog WE, Schmidt B, Wyckoff MH, Khan AM, Garg M, Chess PR, Reynolds AM, Moallem M, Bell EF, Meyer LR, Patel RM, Van Meurs KP, Cotten CM, McGowan EC, Hines AC, Merhar S, Peralta-Carcelen M, Wilson-Costello DE, Kilbride HW, DeMauro SB, Heyne RJ, Mosquera RA, Natarajan G, Purdy IB, Lowe JR, Maitre NL, Harmon HM, Hogden LA, Adams-Chapman I, Winter S, Malcolm WF, Higgins RD. Hydrocortisone to Improve Survival without Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia. N Engl J Med. 2022 03 24; 386(12):1121-1131.

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Pramar YV, Mandal TK, Bostanian LA, Kader C, Morris TC, Graves RA. Physicochemical and Microbiological Stability of Extemporaneously Compounded Hydrocortisone Oral Suspensions in PCCA Base, SuspendIt. Int J Pharm Compd. 2021 Sep-Oct; 25(5):431-439.

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Corwin MT, Lan C, Wilson M, Loehfelm TW, Campbell MJ. Can abdominal CT features predict autonomous cortisol secretion in patients with adrenal nodules? Abdom Radiol (NY). 2021 09; 46(9):4338-4344.

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