Messenger RNA expression of steroidogenesis enzyme subtypes in the human pilosebaceous unit

Skin Pharmacology and Physiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 169-176

  Courchay, Guy ^a   Boyera, Nathalie ^a   Bernard, Bruno A ^a   Make, Yann ^a  

^a L ORÉAL RECHERCHE   (France)

Author keywords

Alopecia; Pilosebaceous unit; RT PCR; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AROMATASE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ADRENAL GLAND; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FEMALE; HAIR FOLLICLE; HAIR ROOT; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KERATINOCYTE; LIVER; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OVARY; PATHOGENESIS; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; TESTIS; UTERUS;

EID: 0029875613     PISSN: 16605527     EISSN: 16605535     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000211412     Document Type: Article

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