A synthetic glucocorticoid drug that is particularly effective as an immunosuppressant, and affects virtually all of the immune system. Prednisone is a prodrug that is converted by the liver into prednisolone (a beta-hydroxy group instead of the oxo group at position 11), which is the active drug and also a steroid. (Chemical Entities of Biological Interest Ontology, CHEBI_8382)
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9 genes co-occuring with the biological term prednisone in literature-supported statements describing functions of genes from the GeneRIF Biological Term Annotations dataset.