Trilostane, an orally active inhibitor of steroid biosynthesis.

abstract：:Evidence showed that the stress hormone corticosterone (CORT) injection resulted in dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis implicated in major depressive disorder. Magnolol, main constituent identified in the barks of Magnolia officinalis, exerted antidepressant effects in a rat model of depres...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bai Y,Song L,Dai G,Xu M,Zhu L,Zhang W,Jing W,Ju W

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fast atom bombardment/mass spectrometry or liquid secondary ion mass spectrometry provides the capability for direct analysis of steroid conjugates (sulfates, glucuronides) without prior hydrolysis or derivatization. During the analysis of biologic extracts, limitations on the sensitivity of detection arise from the p...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gaskell SJ

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gonadal steroids modulate adrenal gland size and function in a variety of species, and our previous studies demonstrate that circulating androgens suppress 3beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-isomerase (3betaHSD) activity in the adrenal cortex of male mice. The present study tests the hypothesis that androgens have a d...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Stalvey JR

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although exogenous glucocorticoids (GC) play a role in the regulation of bone marrow mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (MSCs) proliferation and differentiation, the function of endogenous GC is not well understood. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the blockage of endogenous GC using RU486, an an...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yu Y,Wei N,Stanford C,Schmidt T,Hong L

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:During the second half of the luteal phase, the human corpus luteum becomes responsive to regular luteinizing hormone (LH) pulses. These LH pulses stimulate progesterone secretion tonically, and during this tonic stimulation, additional LH-independent progesterone pulses occur, which are particularly pronounced in wom...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wuttke W,Theiling K,Hinney B,Pitzel L

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Lung cancer is the most common cause of cancer mortality in male and female patients in the US. The etiology of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is not fully defined, but new data suggest that estrogens and growth factors promote tumor progression. In this work, we confirm that estrogen receptors (ER), both ERalpha ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Márquez-Garbán DC,Chen HW,Fishbein MC,Goodglick L,Pietras RJ

更新日期：2007-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Enzyme immunoassays (EIA) are commonly utilized for the evaluation of androgens in biological fluids; however, careful consideration must be given to cross-reactivity with other endogenous sex-steroid hormones. Our purpose was to determine the validity of a commonly-utilized commercially-available dihydrotestosterone ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yarrow JF,Beck DT,Conover CF,Beggs LA,Goldberger BA,Borst SE

更新日期：2013-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：:21-Hydroxypregnenolone and its metabolite 5-pregnene-3 beta, 20 alpha 21-triol have been measured in the sulfate fraction of neonatal urine. These two steroids are the major two 21-hydroxylated 5-pregnenes produced by neonates and are almost exclusively excreted as disulfates. The excretions of these steroids by norma...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shackleton CH,Homoki J,Taylor NF

更新日期：1987-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid hormone is extensively used for transmitting variety of biological signals in organisms. Natural steroid hormone is synthesized from cholesterol in adrenal cortex and in sexual gland in vertebrates. Appropriately dosed synthetic steroid hormones can be used for medication. Despite their positive effects as med...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hori-Tanaka Y,Yura K,Takai-Igarashi T,Tanaka H

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of a substituent in the 12-position of progestagens was studied. To this end, various approaches toward the preparation of 12 beta-alkyl- and 12-alkylidenenorpregnanes were investigated. Eventually, the desired compounds 17 beta-hydroxy-12 beta-methyl-18a-homo-19-nor-17 alpha-pregn-4-en-20-yn-3-one (37) and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Broess AI,van Vliet NP,Groen MB,Hamersma H

更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Desoxymethyltestosterone (DMT; 17β-hydroxy-17α-methyl-5α-androst-2-ene) is a designer steroid present in hormonal supplements distributed illegally as such or in combination with other steroids, for self-administration. It figures on the list of substances prohibited in sports and its detection in athlete's urine samp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gauthier J,Poirier D,Ayotte C

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory cytokines interleukin-1 (IL-1) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) regulate the activity of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis at several levels. Although hypothalamic CRH secretion may be the primary mechanism by which these cytokines activate the HPA axis, IL-1 expression is increased within t...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tkachenko IV,Jääskeläinen T,Jääskeläinen J,Palvimo JJ,Voutilainen R

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:From the fruiting bodies of Ascomycetes Tuber indicum, a new steroidal glucoside with polyhydroxy ergosterol nucleus, tuberoside (2), has been isolated along with additional four known ergosterol derivatives, (22E, 24R)-ergosta-7, 22-dien-3beta, 5alpha, 6beta-triol (1), 5alpha, 8alpha-epidioxy-(22E, 24R)-ergosta-6, 22...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Jinming G,Lin H,Jikai L

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A novel epoxy sterol isolated from the marine mollusc Planaxis sulcatus has been identified as 9 alpha,11 alpha-epoxycholest-7-ene-3 beta,5 alpha,6 beta-triol by spectrometric methods. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Alam M,Sanduja R,Weinheimer AJ

更新日期：1988-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The palladium-catalyzed coupling of various 17-iodo-delta 16 steroids (17-iodo-androst-16-ene, 17-iodo-4-methyl-4-aza-androst-16-en-3-one, and 17-iodo-4-aza-androst-16-en-3-one) with dialkyl phosphites (dimethyl phosphite, diethyl phosphite, and diisopropyl phosphite) was examined in detail. The only successful condit...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Skoda-Földes R,Kollár L,Horváth J,Tuba Z

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Biotransformation of a synthetic progestonic hormone dydrogesterone (1), C21H28O2, with a plant pathogenic fungus Macrophomina phaseolina yielded two new 2 and 3, and a known 4 metabolites. These analogues were identified as, 3β,11α-dihydroxy-5β,9β,10α-pregna-7-ene-6,20-dione (2), 15β-hydroxy-9β,10α-pregna-4,6-diene-3...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wajid A,Ahmad MS,Yousuf S,Atia-Tul-Wahab,Jabeen A,Atta-Ur-Rahman,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid delta 4-5 alpha- and delta 4-5 beta-reductase activity was determined in 16 human mammary tumors and 8 DMBA-induced rat mammary tumors using a spectrophotometric assay. Steroid delta 4-5 alpha-reductase was present in all tumors investigated while delta 4-5 beta-reductase was detected in only 6 estrogen recept...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Abul-Hajj YJ

更新日期：1979-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD), the enzyme that catalyzes the conversion of biologically active glucocorticoids to their inactive metabolites, was shown to be located exclusively in Leydig cells of the rat testis, and its appearance was associated with the developmental rise in testosterone. Thus, ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Nacharaju VL,Muneyyirci-Delale O,Khan N

更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A convenient procedure for the synthesis of 5 beta-cholestane-3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha,25-tetrol via a modified homologation sequence of the intermediate 3 alpha,7 alpha,12 alpha-triformyloxy-24-oxo-25-diazo-25-homo-5 beta-cholane involving a homogeneous medium is described. This involves treating the intermediate alp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Dayal B,Bagan E,Speck J,Salen G

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An homogenate from cortical tissue of mare adrenals was incubated in the presence of tritiated pregnenolone. The (3H) androstenedione and the (3H) testosterone synthesized during the incubation were extracted, purified, and co-crystallized to constant specific activity in the presence of unlabeled carriers. The rate o...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Silberzahn P,Rashed F,Zwain I,Leymarie P

更新日期：1984-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17-Hydroxyprogesterone is a well-known precursor of androstenedione in adrenal biosynthesis. This study using sheep adrenal incubations demonstrates that 11-deoxycortisol, the precursor of cortisol synthesis, also can be a precursor of androstenedione. Indeed, our data show that androstenedione synthesis is negatively...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Auzéby A,Bogdan A,Touitou Y

更新日期：1991-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A time course study to measure adrenal cortical function was undertaken for the period prior to the development of hypertension until the onset of hypertension in the adrenal-regeneration hypertension (ARH) model. Quiescent rat kills were used so that all adrenal cortical parameters investigated would reflect basal or...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bergon L,Gallant S,Brownie AC

更新日期：1975-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently characterized the awakening responses and daily profiles of the catabolic stress hormone cortisol in elite military men. Anabolic hormones follow a similar daily pattern and may counteract the catabolic effects of cortisol. This companion report is the first to characterize daily profiles of anabolic hormo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Taylor MK,Kviatkovsky SA,Hernández LM,Sargent P,Segal S,Granger DA

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen receptor (ER) positive primary breast cancers have a wide range of clinical outcomes. Prediction of the likely course of the disease aids treatment decision-making. In the translational arm of the ATAC (anastrozole or tamoxifen alone or combined) trial (TransATAC) we have assessed individual and multiparamete...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Dowsett M,Salter J,Zabaglo L,Mallon E,Howell A,Buzdar AU,Forbes J,Pineda S,Cuzick J

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Saturation analysis of the binding of [3H]dexamethasone [( 3H]DEX) to ammonium sulfate precipitates (ASPs) confirmed the presence of a limited-capacity, high-affinity binder in human adipose tissue cytosols. Various non-radioactive steroids competed with [3H]DEX for binding to the ASPs in the following sequence: dexam...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Miller LK,Kral JG,Strain GW,Zumoff B

更新日期：1987-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The luteinizing hormone (LH) surge initiates a cascade of proteolytic events that control ovulation. One of the genes induced by LH is the progesterone receptor (PR). Because mice with a mutant PR gene (PRKO) fail to ovulate and are infertile, we have used them as a model in which to determine PR target genes that mig...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Robker RL,Russell DL,Yoshioka S,Sharma SC,Lydon JP,O'Malley BW,Espey LL,Richards JS

更新日期：2000-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glucocorticoids (GCs) are essential steroid hormones that regulate numerous metabolic and homeostatic functions in almost all physiological systems. Synthetic glucocorticoids are among the most commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of various conditions including autoimmune, allergic and inflammatory diseases. G...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sulaiman RS,Kadmiel M,Cidlowski JA

更新日期：2018-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously demonstrated that 1α,25 dihydroxy-vitamin D(3) (1α,25(OH)(2)D(3)) has antiproliferative effects on the growth of endothelial cells transformed by the viral G protein-coupled receptor associated to Kaposi sarcoma (vGPCR). In this work, we have investigated whether 1α,25(OH)(2)D(3) exerts its growth i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gonzalez-Pardo V,D'Elia N,Verstuyf A,Boland R,Russo de Boland A

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Phytochemical analysis of the fruits of Raphia vinifera led to the isolation of four new steroidal saponins (1-4), along with six known secondary metabolites (6-10). The structures of the isolated compounds were determined based on the analyses of NMR and mass spectrometric data, and chemical degradation reactions. Am...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chi GF,Sop RVT,Mbaveng AT,Omollo Ombito J,Fotso GW,Nguenang GS,Kuete V,Efferth T,Ngadjui BT

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Testosterone (17 beta -hydroxy-4-androsten-3-one ; T) and dihydrotestosterone (17 beta -hydroxy-5 alpha -androstan-3-one ; DHT) concentrations were determined by radioimmunoassay in different fetal tissues taken from male guinea-pigs. Androgen concentrations were maximal in the components of the Wolffian duct (vas def...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Rigaudière N

更新日期：1981-08-01 00:00:00