Enzymes in Tissues Responsive to Corticosteroids.

tissues (liver, thymus, transplantable tumors) which are responsive to the glucocorti coids. Also, some factors involved in studies on the actions of hormones are considered. The problem of resistance to comtisol and the technics being used to evaluate the physiological significance of enzyme induction by cortisol in target tissues is dis cussed. The various dietary and physiological conditions which influence the level of the inducible enzymes are considered in regard to an explanation of the manner in which glucocorticoids alter the activity of the adaptive enzymes.