Pharmacology: Betamethasone, like other corticosteroids, act by controlling the rate of synthesis of proteins. Betamethasone react with receptor proteins in the cytoplasm of sensitive cells in many tissues to form a steroid-receptor complex. The complex undergoes a modification, and then moves into the nucleus, where it binds to cromation and regulates transcription of specific genes.
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