A 40 year-old male is receiving combination chemotherapy for the treatment of his colon cancer. One of the drugs that he is receiving is prednisone, a synthetic glucocorticoid hormone. If he receives repeated doses of this drug over a period of several months, it could potentially mediate which of the following? Group of answer choices enhanced proliferation of his T lymphocytes enhanced transcription of the proopiomelanocortin gene in his pituitary corticotropes enhanced vascular component of inflammation enhanced transcription of hepatic genes encoding enzymes for gluconeogenesis enhanced production of interleukin 1 by his antigen-stimulated macrophages
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