7-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone - A natural antiglucocorticoid and a candidate for steroid replacement therapy?

Physiological Research

Volumn 49, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2000, Pages

  Hampl, R ^a,d   Lapcik O ^a   Hill, M ^a   Klak, J ^a   Kasal, A ^b   Novacek A ^c   Sterzl I ^a   Sterzl J ^a   Starka L ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^d INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

7 Hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone; Antiglucocorticoid; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Hormone replacement; Immunoprotection

Indexed keywords

7 OXODEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; DRUG METABOLITE; GLUCOCORTICOID ANTAGONIST; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG HYDROXYLATION; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; IMMUNOMODULATION; ISOMER; LYMPHOCYTE CULTURE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; SPLEEN LYMPHOCYTE; STEROID THERAPY;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; ISOMERISM; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PLAQUE ASSAY;

EID: 0034047799     PISSN: 08628408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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