Conversion of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate at physiological plasma concentration into estrogens in MCF-7 cells

Steroids

Volumn 67, Issue 13-14, 2002, Pages 1057-1064

  Le Bail, J C ^a   Lotfi, H ^b   Charles, L ^c   Pepin D ^c   Habrioux, G ^a  

^a Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMOGES   (France)

^c ONERA   (France)

Author keywords

Aromatase; DHEAS; Estrogens; Postmenopausal women

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIOL; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANDROSTERONE; AROMATASE; DRUG METABOLITE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; FATTY ACID ESTER; LUCIFERASE; PRASTERONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; HORMONAL REGULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INCUBATION TIME; REPORTER GENE; STEROID BLOOD LEVEL; STEROID METABOLISM; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIVISION; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE; ESTROGENS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, REPORTER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0036889763     PISSN: 0039128X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-128X(02)00064-8     Document Type: Article

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