Expression of the mRNAs Coding for the Glucocorticoid Receptor Isoforms in Obesity

This suggests that, in obese patients, the relative insensitivity to the negative glucocorticoid feedback is, at least in part, subsequent to a dysregulation of the GRalpha/GRbeta ratio and that visceral, but not subcutaneous, adipose tissue retains a full capacity to respond to increased local generation of cortisol.