Prominent sex steroid metabolism in human lymphocytes

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 138, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 61-69

  Zhou, Zhifeng ^a   Shackleton, Cedric H L ^b   Pahwa, Savita ^a   White, Perrin C ^c   Speiser, Phyllis W ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OAKLAND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Androgens; Lymphocytes; Steroid 17 hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase; Steroid 5 alpha reductase

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL; LYMPHOCYTE; PERIPHERAL LYMPHOCYTE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEROID METABOLISM; STEROIDOGENESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ADULT; B-LYMPHOCYTES; CELL LINE; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DNA PRIMERS; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; STEROIDS; T-LYMPHOCYTES;

EID: 0032536722     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-7207(98)00052-5     Document Type: Article

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