Transfer of dehydroepiandrosterone- and pregnenolone-fatty acid esters between human lipoproteins

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 182-187

  Provost, Pierre R ^a   Lavallée, Bernard ^a   Bélanger, Alain ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEIN; FATTY ACID ESTER; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; PRASTERONE; PREGNENOLONE DERIVATIVE; VERY LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; HUMAN; IMMUNOAFFINITY CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNOBLOTTING; LIPID TRANSPORT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; BLOTTING, WESTERN; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHOLESTEROL ESTER TRANSFER PROTEINS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; ESTERS; FATTY ACIDS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; KINETICS; LIPOPROTEINS; LIPOPROTEINS, HDL; LIPOPROTEINS, LDL; LIPOPROTEINS, VLDL; MALE; PREGNENOLONE;

EID: 0031022833     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.82.1.182     Document Type: Article

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