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Has antiproliferative effects on HIV-1 and reduces HIV-1 replication.
Has antiproliferative effects on HIV-1 and reduces HIV-1 replication.
Fluasterone is a synthetically stable adrenocortical steroid fluorinated analogue of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a powerful anti-inflammatory molecule with androgenic or estrogenic side effects. It is proposed that fluasterone inhibits NF-kB activation and reduces oxidative stress, but other mechanisms may play a role. Fluasterone suppresses inflammation and is effective in preclinical models of chronic inflammatory disease including psoriasis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus. Fluasterone has anti-inflammatory effects inpreclinical models of chronic inflammatory disease including psoriasis, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and lupus erythematosus. [Aeson Pharmaceuticals Executive Report]
Investigated for use/treatment in psoriasis and psoriatic disorders, hyperlipidemia, metabolic disease, cancer/tumors (unspecified), and obesity.
