Type 5 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (AKR1C3) contributes to testosterone production in the adrenal reticularis

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2192-2198

  Nakamura, Yasuhiro ^a,d   Hornsby, Peter J ^b   Casson, Peter ^c   Morimoto, Ryo ^d   Satoh, Fumitoshi ^d   Xing, Yewei ^a   Kennedy, Michael R ^e   Sasano, Hironobu ^d   Rainey, William E ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e Hollis Eden Pharmaceuticals Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CORTICOTROPIN; MESSENGER RNA; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; 15 HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASE; 3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; AKR1C3 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADRENAL CELL; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL GLAND; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ZONA FASCICULATA; ADULT; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

3-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASES; ADULT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; CELLS, CULTURED; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; HYDROXYPROSTAGLANDIN DEHYDROGENASES; ILIAC VEIN; MALE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; RNA, SMALL INTERFERING; TESTOSTERONE; TRANSFECTION; ZONA FASCICULATA; ZONA RETICULARIS;

EID: 66749138791     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: 0021972X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.2008-2374     Document Type: Article

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