Immunochemical detection of 5 alpha-reductase in human serum.

abstract：:Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an endogenous steroid hormone involved in a number of biological actions in humans and rodents, but its effects on renal tissue have not yet been fully understood. The aim of this study is to assess the effect of DHEA treatment on diabetic rats, mainly in relation to renal function and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jahn MP,Gomes LF,Jacob MH,da Rocha Janner D,Araújo AS,Belló-Klein A,Ribeiro MF,Kucharski LC

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gene therapy based on gene delivery is a promising strategy for the treatment of various human diseases such as cancer. Cationic lipids represent one of the important synthetic gene delivery systems. There is a great interest in imaging of gene therapy using the biomedical imaging technique positron emission tomograph...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gao M,Wang M,Miller KD,Sledge GW,Hutchins GD,Zheng QH

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The compounds named in the title have been synthesized from the di-(ethylene ketal) of 21-hydroxy-3,20-dioxo-19-norpregn-5-ene-18, 11 beta-lactone and its 5(10)-ene isomer. Reduction of this mixture 1 with sodium aluminum bis-(methoxyethoxy)hydride furnished the 11 beta, 18, 21-triol 2a. Conversion to the 18,21-diacet...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Harnik M,Kashman Y,Carmely S,Cojocaru M,Dale SL,Holbrook MM,Melby JC

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although aldosterone production declines with age, so does the aldosterone metabolic clearance rate (MCR), and the net effect of age on the circulating level of aldosterone may be less than can be predicted from production rates alone. The effect of age on aldosterone production and plasma levels was studied in a grou...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Pratt JH,Hawthorne JJ,Debono DJ

更新日期：1988-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cycle regulator p21(CIP1) has controversial biological effects in breast cancer since in spite of its role as cell cycle inhibitor and promoter of cellular senescence, it also induces cell proliferation and chemoteraphy resistance. We here explored the molecular mechanisms involved in progestin regulation of p21(...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Diaz Flaqué MC,Vicario R,Proietti CJ,Izzo F,Schillaci R,Elizalde PV

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen is an important atheroprotective molecule that causes the rapid dilation of blood vessels by stimulating endothelial nitric oxide synthase (eNOS). There is also evidence that estrogen modulates airway epithelial NO production, thereby potentially affecting bronchial hyperresponsiveness. Studies in cultured en...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shaul PW

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroidal nucleoside analogs were synthesized starting from testosterone. By reduction of the oxime of 17 beta-hydroxy-androst-4-en-3-one (testosterone), a mixture of the two amino epimers of C-3 were obtained. The 3 alpha-amino-androst-4-en-17 beta-ol was crystallized in 73% yield and coupled with 5-amino-4,6-dichlor...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gelpi ME,Cadenas RA,Mosettig J,Zuazo BN

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone is required for the maturation of male germ cells, the production of sperm and thus male fertility. However, the mechanisms by which testosterone regulates spermatogenic processes have not been well defined. In this review, classical and non-classical pathways of testosterone signaling in the Sertoli cell...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Walker WH

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17beta-estradiol exerts an antiapoptotic action in skeletal muscle cells through extranuclear ERalpha and beta. This protective action, mainly involves a non-genomic mechanism of ERK1/2 and PI3K/Akt activation and BAD phosphorylation. ERbeta plays a major role in the inhibition of apoptosis by 17beta-estradiol at the ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Boland R,Vasconsuelo A,Milanesi L,Ronda AC,de Boland AR

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A series of amphiphilic derivatives of (3β,17β)-3-hydroxyandrost-5-ene-17-carboxylic acid (1) with the polyamine spermine and three other diamines, 1,2-diaminoethane, piperazine and cadaverine, were synthesized and their antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity were investigated. Among the target compounds, several one...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Özdemir Z,Bildziukevich U,Šaman D,Havlíček L,Rárová L,Navrátilová L,Wimmer Z

更新日期：2017-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The potent antiproliferative effect of progestins has been utilized in clinical regimens for treatment of endometrial proliferative disorders. The progestin infiltrated intrauterine device used as therapy for endometrial carcinoma as well as endometrial hyperplasia yields a hundred-fold increase of local progestin con...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Paulssen RH,Moe B,Grønaas H,Orbo A

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess (AME) is an inherited form of hypertension in which 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11-HSD) is defective. This enzyme converts cortisol to its inactive metabolite, cortisone. The deficiency allows mineralocorticoid receptors to be occupied by cortisol, because th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： White PC,Mune T,Rogerson FM,Kayes KM,Agarwal AK

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Here we report on the progress we have made in elucidating the mechanisms through which estrogen alters synaptic responses in hypothalamic neurons. We examined the modulation by estrogen of the coupling of various receptor systems to inwardly rectifying and small conductance, Ca(2+)-activated K(+) (SK) channels. We us...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kelly MJ,Rønnekleiv OK,Ibrahim N,Lagrange AH,Wagner EJ

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The leaky heme mutants G204, G216, and G214 are shown to accumulate exogenous sterols. Unlike hem mutants which have complete blocks in the heme pathway, these strains do not require ergosterol, methionine, or unsaturated fatty acids for growth. The addition of aminolevulinic acid to the growth medium inhibited sterol...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shinabarger DL,Keesler GA,Parks LW

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) was studied in endometrium removed surgically from intact female monkeys in the luteal phase of the menstrual cycle. Also castrated monkeys (N=20) implanted with estradiol (E2) and progesterone (P) in silastic capsules were used to investigate the hormonal dependence of this ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kreitmann O,Kreitmann-Gimbal B,Bayard F,Hodgen GD

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Homogenates from human myometrium with an added NADPH regenerating system and ATP were incubated with 4-(14)C progesterone. Six metabolites were identified: 5alpha-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 5beta-pregnane-3, 20-dione, 3alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one, 3beta hydroxy-4-pregnen-20-one. 20alpha-hydroxy-4-pregnen-3-one and 20be...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Junkermann H,Runnebaum B,Lisboa BP

更新日期：1977-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To simultaneously measure some targeted endocrine disruptors and several forms of sex hormones in rat serum, an accurate analytical procedure was developed. First, a comparison between a polymeric-based solid-phase extraction (SPE) and a micro-extraction by packed sorbent was performed to choose the optimal method to ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tournier M,Pouech C,Quignot N,Lafay F,Wiest L,Lemazurier E,Cren-Olivé C,Vulliet E

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The incorporation of the heterocycles into the steroid nucleus has been recognized as a useful strategy to develop new steroidal agents for disease treatment. Representative examples are abiraterone and galeterone, which are presently used in clinic for the treatment of advanced prostate cancers. Herein we have develo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yang YT,Du S,Wang S,Jia X,Wang X,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Once a septic condition is progressing, administration of steroids in the pro-inflammatory phase of septic shock ought to yield maximal effect on the subsequent, devastating inflammatory response. Recently, a retrospective study showed that early initiation of corticosteroid therapy improved survival in sept...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Söderberg E,Lipcsey M,Sjölin J,Larsson A,Eriksson MB

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An efficient procedure for the chemical synthesis of 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-cholest-8-en-7-one and 3 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-cholest-8-en-11-one is described. These ketosterols have been shown to have possible significant hypocholesterolemic effects when fed to normal rats at a level of 0.15% in a laboratory chow diet. T...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Parish EJ,Nanduri VB,Seikel JM,Kohl HH,Nusbaum KE

更新日期：1986-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A technique has been developed in which progesterone may be measured by radioimmunoassay in unextracted serum. The method depends on the displacement of progesterone from serum binding proteins by danazol, [17 alpha-pregn-4-en-20-yno (2,3-d) isoxazol-17-ol], a compound which also blocks recombination of free progester...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： McGinley R,Casey JH

更新日期：1979-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:ERα36 is a recently cloned variant of estrogen receptor-alpha which has been proved to play an active role in a series of malignant diseases. METHOD:ERα36 expression was examined using immunohistochemical methods with sections from 126 resected NSCLC specimens. The immunoreactivity of ERα66 was also studi...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhang S,Qiu C,Wang L,Liu Q,Du J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper, we examine corticosteroid 11 beta-oxidation and 11-reduction as properties of the microsomal 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase complex in vertebrate livers. No hepatic activity in the oxidative direction (11 beta -dehydrogenase) was found in the frog, toad, mud puppy, shark, and bird livers. In contr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Monder C,Lakshmi V

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Studies were carried out on the effect of oxygen tension on progesterone (P) accumulation in rat granulosa cell cultures. At 1-2% oxygen, basal, luteinizing hormone (LH)-stimulated, and follicle stimulating hormone (FSH)-stimulated P accumulations were 20, 18, and 11%, respectively, of P levels at 20% oxygen. Basal P ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Koos RD,Feiertag MA

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The influence of daily injections, for 7 days, of 17-hydroxyprogesterone caproate (8 mg/100 g body weight pro die), of estradiol-17 beta 17-undecylate (1.2 mg/100 g body weight pro die) of testosterone enanthate (2 mg/100 g body weight pro die) and of ACTH (4 IU/100 g body weight pro die) to male Wistar rats, weighing...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bukhari AR,Guessab A,Nicol ML

更新日期：1981-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Nucleocytoplasmic shuttling of glucocorticoid receptors (GRs) is disrupted in v-mos-transformed cells leading to the redistribution of hormone-bound receptors from the nuclear to cytoplasmic compartments. We show here that GRs from v-mos-transformed cells are hyperphosphorylated on a specific peptide and maintain horm...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Borror KC,Garabedian MJ,DeFranco DB

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plasma concentrations of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), 5-androstene-3beta,17beta-diol (AED), and 17beta-estradiol (E2) in dairy cows and heifers and AED binding to uterine cytosolic estrogen receptor (ER) were studied. Plasma samples were collected from the subcutaneous abdominal (SA) and jugular (J) veins of heifers...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gabai G,Marinelli L,Simontacchi C,Bono GG

更新日期：2004-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Morphologic changes at the interface of rat endometrial luminal epithelial cells and the stromal cells immediately adjacent were examined and correlated with hypertrophy of the epithelial cells during estradiol (E2) infusion (1 microgram E2/24 h). While the lamina densa in castrate endometrium was thread-like, it beca...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Lavia LA,Larson BA

更新日期：1991-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Porcine sulfotransferase 2A1 (pSULT2A1) is a key enzyme involved in the testicular and hepatic sulfoconjugation of steroids such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and potentially androstenone. This latter steroid is a major cause of boar taint, which is an unpleasant off-odour and off-flavour in pork from male pigs. Su...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Laderoute H,Bone C,Squires EJ

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we assessed the rate of estradiol degradation via the 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (HSD) enzyme in breast tumors from postmenopausal women. We initially studied the effects of time, level of enzyme activity, amount of tissue assayed, and substrate concentration on the linearity of conversion of ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Leszczynski D,Santner SJ,Feil PD,Santen RJ

更新日期：1988-03-01 00:00:00