The human keratinocyte cell line HaCaT: An in vitro cell culture model for keratinocyte testosterone metabolism

Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 766-771

  Altenburger, Ralf ^a   Kissel, Thomas ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

5 reductase; Androgen metabolism; Cell culture; Keratinocytes; Testosterone; Transdermal delivery

Indexed keywords

4,7BETA DIMETHYL 4 AZACHOLESTAN 3 ONE; ANDROSTANEDIONE; ANDROSTANOLONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; DRUG METABOLITE; EPIANDROSTERONE; FINASTERIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TRITIUM;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL LINE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; KERATINOCYTE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TESTOSTERONE METABOLISM;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; AZASTEROIDS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELL LINE; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FIBROBLASTS; FINASTERIDE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KERATINOCYTES; SKIN; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 5-ALPHA-REDUCTASE; TRITIUM;

EID: 0032911835     PISSN: 07248741     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1011945212831     Document Type: Article

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