Ample evidence: Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) conversion into activated steroid hormones occurs in adrenal and ovary in female rat

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages

  Zhou, Yingqiao ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Chen, Di ^a   Han, Ningning ^a   Ma, Haitian ^a  

^a NANJING AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3(OR 17)BETA HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE; ANDROGEN; ANDROSTENEDIONE; AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; HYDROCORTISONE; MESSENGER RNA; PRASTERONE; PROGESTERONE; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE 17BETA DEHYDROGENASE; SEX HORMONE;

17BETA HSD GENE; 3BETA HSD GENE; ADRENAL GLAND; ANDROGEN SYNTHESIS; ANDROSTENEDIONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; ESTROGEN SYNTHESIS; ESTRONE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SEX HORMONE DETERMINATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL; BLOOD; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM;

RATTUS;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ANDROGENS; ANIMALS; DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GONADAL STEROID HORMONES; OVARIECTOMY; OVARY; RATS;

EID: 84930678935     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0124511     Document Type: Article

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