... cRNA and washed again. An Axon Gene-Pix Scanner was used to scan the microarrays. GenePix Prosoftware (MDS, Inc., Toronto, ON) was used to acquire and align the microarray image. CodeLink software(Applied ... GeneSpring 7.0 software (Agilent,Santa Clara, CA) was used to normalize the expression of each gene to the median gene expression and to normal-ize each slide to the 50th percentile of gene expression. ... cortisol and cortisone are the major active and inactive forms,respectively. Glucocorticoids are important in the patho-genesis of obesity and insulin resistance, and expression and activity of 11beta-hydroxysteroid...