DHEA metabolism in arthritis: A role for the p450 enzyme Cyp7b at the immune-endocrine crossroad

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1069, Issue , 2006, Pages 401-413

  Dulos, John ^a   Boots, Annemieke H ^a  

^a NV ORGANON   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cyp7b; Cytokines; DHEA 7 hydroxylase; IL 1 ; Rheumatoid arthritis; TNF

Indexed keywords

7ALPHA HYDROXYPRASTERONE; ANDROGEN; COLLAGEN; CYTOCHROME P450; CYTOCHROME P450 7B; ESTROGEN; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOCORTICOID RECEPTOR; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ENHANCER BINDING PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AP 1; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTHRITIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOSTIMULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNOVIOCYTE;

MURINAE;

EID: 33745621614     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1351.038     Document Type: Conference Paper

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