Glucocorticoid regulation of P450 aromatase activity in human adipose tissue: Gender and site differences

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 1327-1336

  McTernan, Philip G ^a,c   Anderson, Leah A ^a   Anwar, Aresh J ^a   Eggo, Margaret C ^a   Crocker, John ^b   Barnett, Anthony H ^a,b   Stewart, Paul M ^a   Kumar, Sudhesh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b BIRMINGHAM HEARTLANDS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; CYTOCHROME P450; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; PROTEIN P55; STEROID;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTION; ELECTIVE SURGERY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCUBATION TIME; MALE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROADIPOCYTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 0036959826     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jcem.87.3.8288     Document Type: Article

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