Metabolism of dehydroepiandrosterone by rodent brain cell lines: Relationship between 7-hydroxylation and aromatization

Journal of Steroid Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 81-86

  Jellinck, Peter H ^a   Croft, Gist ^b   McEwen, Bruce S ^b   Gottfried Blackmore, Andres ^b   Jones, Glenville ^a   Byford, Valarie ^a   Bulloch, Karen ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aromatization; Dehydroepiandrosterone; Metabolism

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ANIMAL CELL; AROMATIZATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN CELL; CELL LABELING; CELL TYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIPPOCAMPUS; HORMONE METABOLISM; HYDROXYLATION; IMMUNOMODULATION; MICROGLIA; MOUSE; NERVE CELL CULTURE; NEUROPROTECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RAT; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

EID: 14644399802     PISSN: 09600760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsbmb.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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