Adipose tissue intracrinology: Potential importance of local androgen/estrogen metabolism in the regulation of adiposity

Hormone and Metabolic Research

Volumn 34, Issue 11-12, 2002, Pages 737-745

  Belanger C ^a   Luu The, V ^a   Dupont, P ^a   Tchernof, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adipose Tissue; Androgens; Body Fat Distribution; Estrogens; Steroidogenic Enzymes

Indexed keywords

11BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; 3ALPHA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; AROMATASE; ESTROGEN; GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE; ISOENZYME; MESSENGER RNA; OXYGENASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; STEROID 7ALPHA HYDROXYLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URIDINE DIPHOSPHATE GLUCURONOSYLTRANSFERASE 2B15;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE ACTION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HORMONE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; METABOLIC DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANDROGENS; BODY COMPOSITION; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; MALE; OBESITY; STEROID HYDROXYLASES;

EID: 0036875211     PISSN: 00185043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2002-38265     Document Type: Review

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