Multiple roles for sphingolipids in steroid hormone biosynthesis

Subcellular Biochemistry

Volumn 49, Issue , 2008, Pages 387-412

  Lucki, Natasha C ^a   Sewer, Marion B ^b  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Ceramide; CYP; Sphingolipids; Sphingosine 1 phosphate; Steroidogenesis

Indexed keywords

CERAMIDE; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; CYTOCHROME P450; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GANGLIOSIDE; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPID; SEX HORMONE; SPHINGOLIPID; SPHINGOSINE; SPHINGOSINE 1 PHOSPHATE; SPHINGOSINE 1-PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADRENAL GLAND; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TESTIS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANIMALS; CERAMIDES; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP-DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASES; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; FEMALE; GANGLIOSIDES; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; HUMANS; LYSOPHOSPHOLIPIDS; MALE; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; OVARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPHINGOLIPIDS; SPHINGOSINE; TESTIS;

EID: 58149279854     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8831-5_15     Document Type: Article

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