Biosynthesis of dihydrotestosterone by a pathway that does not require testosterone as an intermediate in the sz95 sebaceous gland cell line

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 602-604

  Samson, Melanie ^a   Labrie, Fernand ^a   Zouboulis, Christos C ^b   Luu The, Van ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b DESSAU MEDICAL CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROSTANOLONE; FINASTERIDE; STEROID 5ALPHA REDUCTASE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE SYNTHESIS; HUMAN; LETTER; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEBACEOUS GLAND; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN FUNCTION;

CELL LINE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; HUMANS; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEBACEOUS GLANDS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 75549089943     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2009.225     Document Type: Letter

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