Studies on vitamin D metabolism: catabolism of 1 alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 and 1 alpha-hydroxyvitamin D3 to a metabolite inactive on bone mineral mobilization.

abstract：:16alpha-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone was for the first time detected in human seminal plasma by using a combination of extraction, solvent partition, HPLC separation and final quantification by GC-MS as pentafluorobenzyloxime trimethylsilyl ether derivative in SIM mode. Three effective mass fragments m/z 266, 356 and...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hert J,Hill M,Hampl R

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study aimed to develop a quantitative and in vivo magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) approach to investigate the muscle growth effects of anabolic steroids. A protocol of MRI acquisition on a standard clinical 1.5 T scanner and quantitative image analysis was established and employed to measure the individual muscl...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wu EX,Tang H,Tong C,Heymsfield SB,Vasselli JR

更新日期：2008-04-01 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：:Aldosterone induces fibrotic changes in cardiovascular tissues but its effects have usually been demonstrated in models of pre-existing renal injury and/or hypertension. This study tests the hypothesis that aldosterone can directly induce vascular fibrotic changes in the absence of prior renal injury or hypertension. ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Brem AS,Morris DJ,Li X,Ge Y,Shaw S,Gong R

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are the standard of care in asthma and are widely used in the treatment of patients with COPD. The influence of steroids on inflammatory processes has long been established since glucocorticoids and their receptor belong to the regulatory network involved in inhibition of several inflamma...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sadowska AM,Klebe B,Germonpré P,De Backer WA

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:The configurations at C-24 of 24-alkylsterols of six samples of Clerodendrum species (Verbenaceae) - the aerial parts of C. fragrans, C. inerme, C. infortunatum, C. scandens, and C. siphonanthus, and the seeds of C. infortunatum - were examined by NMR. All samples contained 24 beta-ethylsterols possessing a delta 25-b...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Akihisa T,Matsubara Y,Ghosh P,Thakur S,Tamura T,Matsumoto T

更新日期：1989-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A radio-gas chromatographic method has been devised for the estimation of 11-oxotestosterone (17beta-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3, 11-dione) in fish plasma samples which provides an independent means of validating the radioimmunoassay described earlier. Estimates of the concentration of 11-oxotestosterone in a sample of mal...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Simpson TH,Wright RS

更新日期：1978-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioactive mestranol (ME) and/or ethynylestradiol (EE) were administered to women in Nigeria, Sri Lanka, and the USA, and the types and patterns of radioactive urinary conjugates examined by Sephadex LH-20 chromatography. There are no differences in the total excretion of urinary radioactivity over 3 days. Consistent...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Williams MC,Goldzieher JW

更新日期：1980-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome (SLOS) is a malformation syndrome associated with 7-dehydrocholesterol (7DHC) 7-reductase deficiency. Although SLOS can be detected in an affected fetus before midpregnancy by measurement of 7DHC levels in amniotic fluid or chorionic villus cells, a noninvasive, more routine method is needed...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shackleton CH,Roitman E,Kratz LE,Kelley RI

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is mainly defined by hyperandrogenemia, from ovarian and adrenal origin, and is characterized by insulin resistance (IR). Studies found that raising in vivo non-esterified fatty acid (NEFA) levels, which induces lipotoxicity, increases androgen levels and IR. The aim of this ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Bellanger S,Battista MC,Fink GD,Baillargeon JP

更新日期：2012-03-10 00:00:00

abstract：:The 3alpha,5alpha- and 3alpha,5beta-reduced derivatives of progesterone, deoxycorticosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone and testosterone enhance GABAergic neurotransmission and produce inhibitory neurobehavioral and anti-inflammatory effects. Despite substantial information on the progesterone derivative (3alpha,5alpha)-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Porcu P,O'Buckley TK,Alward SE,Marx CE,Shampine LJ,Girdler SS,Morrow AL

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Estrogen levels in breast tumors of post-menopausal women are as much as 10 times higher than estrogen levels in plasma, presumably due to in situ formation of estrogen. The major source of estrogen in breast cancer cells may be conversion of estrone sulfate to estrone by the enzyme estrone sulfatase. Thus, inhibitors...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li PK,Chu GH,Guo JP,Peters A,Selcer KW

更新日期：1998-07-01 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：:A radioimmunoassay of three deoxycorticoids, namely 11 beta,17 alpha-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione (21-deoxycortisol), 17 alpha,21-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione (11-deoxycortisol), and 21-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione (11-deoxycorticosterone) which are important for differential diagnosis of congenital adrenal dis...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Hill M,Lapcík O,Hampl R,Stárka L,Putz Z

更新日期：1995-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Guinea pig adrenal estrogen sulfotransferase from either sex was eluted as a single peak, irrespective of buffer salt concentration, when subjected to fast protein liquid chromatography on gel filtration columns. The same enzyme was consistently eluted in two distinct peaks during chromatofocusing. Adrenal pregnenolon...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Glasier MA,Glutek SM,Hobkirk R

更新日期：1992-06-01 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：:We synthesized 22-fluorovitamin D3 from (22S) cholest-5-ene-3 beta, 22-diol-3 beta-acetate 2. Compound 2 was treated with diethylaminosulfur trifluoride to give 22-fluorocholest-5-en-3 beta-acetate 3 and (E) 22-dehydrocholest-5-en-3 beta-acetate. Compound 3 was treated with N-bromosuccinimide to give a mixture of the ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gill HS,Londowski JM,Corradino RA,Kumar R

更新日期：1986-07-01 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：: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：:A facile method for the synthesis of a series of new steroidal 3-thioxamides from the 3-oxo compound, variously substituted at the 17 position, is described. The "one pot" reaction, using Lawesson's reagent (4-methoxyphenylthionophosphine sulphide dimer) in dichloromethane solution, gives the desired compounds with a ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Grisenti P,Magni A,Manzocchi A,Ferraboschi P

更新日期：1997-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Five new steroidal alkaloids, 5,14-dehydro-N(a)-demethylsaracodine [3beta-N(a)-methyl-20S-N(b)-acetyl-N(b)-methylamino-pregn-5,14-diene] (1), 14-dehydro-N(a)-demethylsaracodine [3beta-N(a)-methyl-20S-N(b)-acetyl-N(b)-methylamino-5alpha-pregn-14-ene] (2), 16-dehydrosarcorine [(20S)-20-(N,N-dimethylamino)-3beta-(N(a)-ac...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Atta-ur-Rahman,Feroz F,Naeem I,Zaheer-ul-Haq,Nawaz SA,Khan N,Khan MR,Choudhary MI

更新日期：2004-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to evaluate the relationship between phytosterols, oxyphytosterols, and other markers of cholesterol metabolism and concomitant coronary artery disease (CAD) in patients with severe aortic stenosis who were scheduled for elective aortic valve replacement. Markers of cholesterol metabolism (pla...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Luister A,Schött HF,Husche C,Schäfers HJ,Böhm M,Plat J,Gräber S,Lütjohann D,Laufs U,Weingärtner O

更新日期：2015-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:To reduce the variability in estradiol (E2) testing and to assure better patient care, standardization of E2 measurements has been recommended. This study aims to assess the accuracy and variability of E2 measurements performed by 11 routine immunological methods and 6 mass spectrometry methods using single donor seru...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Vesper HW,Botelho JC,Vidal ML,Rahmani Y,Thienpont LM,Caudill SP

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:7 alpha- and 7 beta-carboxymethyl-derivatives of 17-hydroxyprogesterone and 11-deoxycortisol have been synthesized. After coupling to bovine serum albumin, they were used to elicit antibodies in rabbits. No major difference in the steroid specificity of the antisera was observed when either 7 alpha- or 7 beta-epimers ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Duval D,Prédine J,Emiliozzi R,Milgrom E

更新日期：1980-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The metabolism of a C26 bile alcohol (I, 24-nor-5beta-cho-lestane-3alpha, 7alpha,25-triol) was studied in the isolated perfused rabbit liver. The new bile alcohol and bile acid metabolites secreted into the bile were isolated and identified by a combination of TLC, GLC and GLC-MS. The following bile alcohols were foun...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cohen BI,Kuramoto T,Rothschild MA,Graham R,Mosbach EH

更新日期：1977-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ALVA-41 cell line was derived from a bony metastasis from a human prostatic carcinoma. The line has a number of distinct, advantageous properties that should make it useful as a tool for the study of prostate cancer. It grows rapidly and is easy to work with. It has receptors for androgens and glucocorticoids but ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Nakhla AM,Rosner W

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The determination of the glucurono-conjugated position in three bile alcohol glucuronides secreted in bile of a patient with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis was carried out by a nuclear magnetic resonance study. The bile sample was extracted with ethanol and chromatographed on an ion-exchange column, a reverse-phase pa...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Kuramoto T,Suemura Y,Kihira K,Hiraoka T,Hoshita T

更新日期：1995-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using pregnenolone as a starting material, some 3-substituted 17-[1',2',3']-selenadiazolylpregnenolone derivatives were synthesized, and their structures were characterized by IR, NMR and HRMS. The in vitro antitumor activity of the compounds was assayed against PC-3、SKOV3、T47D、MCF-7 and HEK293T cell lines. The result...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Cui J,Pang L,Wei M,Gan C,Liu D,Yuan H,Huang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The effect of cortisol and prostaglandin inhibitors on the growth and development of germinating mung bean, Vigna radiata L. Wilzek, cv. Jumbo was investigated. Cortisol, indomethacin, and a mixture of cortisol with aspirin, or benoxaprofen significantly increased radicle length and the number of lateral roots as comp...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gawienowski AM,Csernus KM,Simon JE,Craker LE

更新日期：1985-08-01 00:00:00