Dual function of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in placenta: Modulating placental glucocorticoid passage and local steroid action

Biology of Reproduction

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 234-240

  Burton, Peter J ^a   Waddell, Brendan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE; STEROID; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE;

BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; CORTICOSTEROID METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS GROWTH; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE ACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; ADULT; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; REVIEW;

11-BETA-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PROGESTERONE;

EID: 0032590029     PISSN: 00063363     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod60.2.234     Document Type: Short Survey

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