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However, the involvement of glucocorticoid receptors (GR) and their isoforms have been unexplored.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The expression of GR-\u03b1\/\u03b2 isoforms, 11\u03b2-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type-1 (11\u03b2-HSD1), inflammatory cytokines, and the GC-regulated gene tristetraprolin (TTP) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) as well as GR immunoreactivity in the myocardium from CCC individuals were evaluated by qPCR and immunohistochemistry respectively. Heart control samples with no evidence of structural heart disease and from ischemic cardiomyopathy patients were included. The presence of inflammatory infiltrates and fibrosis were also recorded.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>GR-\u03b1 was expressed similarly in the PBMCs from Co and CCC individuals, but 11\u03b2-HSD1 expression was increased only in CCC, conjointly with enhanced ratios of IL-6\/TTP and IFN-\u03b3\/TTP. In the inflamed myocardium from CCC patients, positive GR expression correlated with the intensity of the inflammatory infiltrate and cardiac hypertrophy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>The infectious and inflammatory nature of CCC pathology seems strongly connected with the expression of GR in cardiac tissue samples, providing a stimulating background for further studies addressed to elucidate the influence of GR expression and function on CCC pathophysiology and cardiomyocyte hypertrophy.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fendo.2025.1486772","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,30]],"date-time":"2025-01-30T05:10:18Z","timestamp":1738213818000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Role of glucocorticoid receptor expression in Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy: implications for inflammation and cardiac hypertrophy"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Florencia B.","family":"Gonz\u00e1lez","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Antonella","family":"Pacini","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Araceli","family":"Castro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Susana","family":"Lioi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Silvina R.","family":"Villar","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Luciano","family":"D\u2019Attilio","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Rodolfo D.","family":"Leiva","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Liliana","family":"Favaloro","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Oscar A.","family":"Bottasso","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Carlos A.","family":"Vigliano","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ana Rosa","family":"P\u00e9rez","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,1,30]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","unstructured":"Chagas disease\n          \n          \n            \n              Rassi\n              A\n            \n            \n              Rassi\n              A\n            \n            \n              Marin-Neto\n              JA\n            \n          \n          \n          2010"},{"key":"B2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1161\/CIRCULATIONAHA.106.624296","article-title":"Pathogenesis of chronic Chagas heart disease","volume":"9","author":"Marin-Neto","year":"2007","journal-title":"Circulation."},{"key":"B3","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","DOI":"10.1159\/000491699","article-title":"Dysregulated network of immune, endocrine and metabolic markers is associated to more severe human chronic chagas cardiomyopathy","volume":"25","author":"Gonz\u00e1lez","year":"2018","journal-title":"Neuroimmunomodulation"},{"key":"B4","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"1545","DOI":"10.3389\/fimmu.2019.01545","article-title":"A general introduction to glucocorticoid biology","volume":"10","author":"Timmermans","year":"2019","journal-title":". 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