Higher levels of steroidogenic acute regulatory protein and type I 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase in the scalp of men with androgenetic alopecia [1]

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 126, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2332-2335

  Chen, WenChieh ^a   Tsai, Shaw Jenq ^b   Liao, Chen Yu ^a   Tsai, Ren Yeu ^c   Chen, Yi Ju ^a   Pan, Bi Jen ^d   Hung, Chiu Ling ^a   Zouboulis, Christos C ^e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTANOLONE; CHOLESTEROL MONOOXYGENASE (SIDE CHAIN CLEAVING); FINASTERIDE; MESSENGER RNA; STEROID 17,20 LYASE; STEROID 17ALPHA MONOOXYGENASE; STEROIDOGENIC ACUTE REGULATORY PROTEIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE TYPE ALOPECIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCALP;

17-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ALOPECIA; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; MALE; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, MESSENGER; SCALP;

EID: 33748786234     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700442     Document Type: Letter

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