Membrane fluidity alterations in a cytochrome P-450-deficient mutant of Candida albicans.

abstract：:Cholesterol side-chain cleavage (CSCC) and aromatase activities were measured in luteal mitochondria and tissue pieces, respectively, from rhesus monkeys on days 22, 49, 128 and 160 of gestation. CSCC activity did not vary significantly during gestation and thus probably does not respond to chorionic gonadotropin whic...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Sholl SA,Wolf RC,Colás AE

更新日期：1977-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are quite substantial number of impurities related to dexamethasone or mometasone which cannot be made from respective Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients but from common intermediate 21-acetoxy-17α-hydroxy-16α-methyl-pregna-1,4,9(11)-triene-3,20-dione (12). As such, a robust and economical synthesis of this key i...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Das SK,Dubey MK,Buchhikonda R

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Androgen-binding protein/sex hormone-binding globulin (ABP/SHBG) is an extracellular carrier protein that binds androgens and estrogens with high affinity. In the adult, ABP/SHBG is thought to function in the male reproductive system and the general circulation in both sexes to modulate the actions of sex steroids. Th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Becchis M,Sullivan PM,Ordronneau P,Petrusz P,Joseph DR

更新日期：1996-07-01 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：BACKGROUND:A high-throughput, sensitive, specific, mass spectrometry-based method for quantitating estrone (E1), estradiol (E2), and testosterone (T) in postmenopausal human serum has been developed for clinical research. The method consumes 100μl human serum for each measurement (triplicates consume 300μl) and does no...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wooding KM,Hankin JA,Johnson CA,Chosich JD,Baek SW,Bradford AP,Murphy RC,Santoro N

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:By analyzing the steroidal content of fresh whole plants of Tacca subflabellata (Taccaceae), we isolated one sapogenin and eight glycosides with four kinds of steroidal skeletons including four new glycosides, named taccasubosides A-D (1-4), together with five known compounds. Among them, compound 1 is the first penta...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li L,Ni W,Li XR,Hua Y,Fang PL,Kong LM,Pan LL,Li Y,Chen CX,Liu HY

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Steroid hormones are involved in the regulation of a variety of processes like embryonic development, sex differentiation, metabolism, immune responses, circadian rhythms, stress response, and reproduction in vertebrates. Teleost fishes and humans show a remarkable conservation in many developmental and physiological ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Tokarz J,Möller G,Hrabě de Angelis M,Adamski J

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:While the neuroprotective benefits of estrogen and progesterone in critical illness are well established, the data regarding the effects of androgens are conflicting. Surgical repair of congenital heart disease is associated with significant morbidity and mortality, but there are scant data regarding the postoperative...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Heckmann M,d'Uscio CH,de Laffolie J,Neuhaeuser C,Bödeker RH,Thul J,Schranz D,Frey BM

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spermatozoa from bovine ejaculates and cauda epiditymidis were incubated with either tritiated 17 beta-hydroxy-5 alpha-androstane-3-one (DHT) or 5 alpha-androstane-3 alpha, 17 beta-diol (3 alpha-diol). Examination of the medium incubations demonstrated metabolic conversion of both DHT and 3 alpha-diol when these steri...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Djöseland O,Høglo S,Nyberg K,Hastings CD,Attramadal A

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis is a complication of diabetes mellitus, and the two diseases are highly associated with the dysfunction of inflammatory mediators. 25-hydroxyvitamin D(3) (25(OH)D(3)) plays a pivotal role in inflammatory modulation, but little is known about its effects on the progression of diabetic periodontitis and th...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li H,Xie H,Fu M,Li W,Guo B,Ding Y,Wang Q

更新日期：2013-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In our effort to develop imaging agents for brain glucocorticoid receptors, we have prepared several novel glucocorticoids possessing a 2-methylsulfanyl-acetyl side chain. The synthesis was accomplished via a Mitsunobu reaction with thiobenzoic acid starting from cortisol, prednisolone, dexamethasone and triamcinolone...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Wuest F,Carlson KE,Katzenellenbogen JA

更新日期：2008-01-01 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：:The urinary excretion of 3beta,16beta-dihydroxy-5-androsten-17-one (16beta-OH-DHEA) is increased in patients with low renin essential hypertension. This steroid and its isomer 3beta,17beta-dihydroxy-5-androsten-16-one (16-oxo-A) have also been reported to have mineralocorticoid activity in adrenalectomized rats. These...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ogihara T,Ichihara K,Yamamoto T,Kumahara Y,Kircher HW,Nugent CA

更新日期：1977-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Thyroid hormone receptors (TRs) are nuclear receptors that are activated by thyroid hormone ligands and co-regulator proteins. Two receptor subtypes, TRalpha and TRbeta, have been suggested to play a role in numerous physiological functions. However, specificity of receptor subtype function and co-regulator interactio...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Koury EJ,Pawlyk AC,Berrodin TJ,Smolenski CL,Nagpal S,Deecher DC

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this paper we report the synthesis of four fluorinated analogues of brassinosteroids in which fluorine was introduced stereoselectively at C-2. The bioactivity of these new compounds was evaluated using the rice lamina inclination test. The results show that two of these analogues elicit high bioactivity, suggestin...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Acebedo SL,Ramírez JA,Galagovsky LR

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is the most common endocrine problem affecting women of reproductive age and is investigated from many regions of the world. Some reports have indicated ethnic difference in its manifestation. This review addressed the evidences for ethnic variation in the expression of PCOS phenotypes...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zhao Y,Qiao J

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:20-Hydroxyecdysterone - (2β,3β,5β,22R)-2,3,14,20,22,25-hexahydroxycholest-7-en-6-one was isolated in satisfactory yield using ethanol extraction from the aerial part of Silene wolgensis (Hornem.) Otth; sometimes Silene wolgensis (Willd.) Bess. ex Spreng. The complexation of the phytoecdysteroid with β-cyclodextrin was...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Temirgaziyev BS,Kučáková K,Baizhigit YA,Jurášek M,Džubák P,Hajdúch M,Dolenský B,Drašar PB,Tuleuov BI,Adekenov SM

更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We assayed Type 1 (high K+) and Type 2 (high Na+) human breast cyst fluids for DHEA-S. When an antibody specific for the 3-sulfoconjugate end of DHEA-S was used, Type 1 cyst fluids (n = 18) showed a content of 114 +/- 68 micrograms/mL (mean +/- sigma) and Type 2 cyst fluids (n = 14) of 35 +/- 17 micrograms/mL (P less ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chasalow FI,Blethen SL,Bradlow HL

更新日期：1988-09-01 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：:Effective syntheses of endo- and exocyclic alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones as CC dipolarophiles were carried out in the 13alpha-estrone series. The 1,3-dipolar cycloadditions of 15,16alpha,beta-unsaturated ketones of 13alpha-estrone 3-methyl and 3-benzyl ether with nitrilimines stereoselectively furnished two regioisom...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mernyák E,Kozma E,Hetényi A,Márk L,Schneider G,Wölfling J

更新日期：2009-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Using 1 alpha,2 alpha-oxido-cholesta-5,7-diene-3 beta,25-diol (2) as a starting material, the provitamins of calcitriol with an additional 2 beta-chloro-, 2 beta-fluoro-, and 2 beta-methoxy-substituent (3,4,5) are obtained by transdiaxial opening of the oxirane ring with nucleophiles. An efficient irradiation process ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Scheddin D,Mayer H,Schönecker B,Gliesing S,Reichenbächer M

更新日期：1998-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As demonstrated for pregnenolone, saturated ketones are conveniently alpha-hydroxymethylated by their transformation into a lithium enolate and by the reaction of the latter with formaldehydr. The 17-hydroxymethylpregnenolone prepared by this method in very good yield was readily converted to 17-hydroxymethylprogester...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Mukherjee D,Engel CR

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Chronic administration of exogenous glucocorticoids is often required in experimental research. We compared the efficacy and reliability of three different methods of continuous glucocorticoid administration in mice. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Male CD1 Swiss White mice aged 7-9 weeks received corticosterone (CS)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Herrmann M,Henneicke H,Street J,Modzelewski J,Kalak R,Buttgereit F,Dunstan CR,Zhou H,Seibel MJ

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:C-4 and C-6 bridged haptens of 11 alpha-hydroxyprogesterone, an anti-androgen, were respectively synthesized via 4, 5 and 5 alpha, 6 alpha epoxide ring openings using 3-mercaptopropanoic acid. Substitution of 6-bromo derivative of progesterone using the same reagent unexpectedly afforded a C-4 substituted product inst...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Yoshida H,Nakai S,Nimbari F,Yoshimoto K,Nishimura T

更新日期：1989-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Several derivatives of the arthropod moulting hormone have been synthesized which were coupled to AH Sepharose 4B yielding about 2 mumole ligand per g wet gel. As an indication of the suitability of the ligands for biological work the puff inducing capacity of their methyl esters was tested. The methyl ester of inokos...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Spindler KD,Hamann A,Spindler-Barth M,Ihne A,Beckers C,Emmerich H

更新日期：1976-04-01 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：:Three BS-BODIPY (brassinosteroids-4,4-difluoro-4-bora-3a,4a-diaza-s-indacene) conjugates were synthesized and their fluorescent and immunological properties were investigated. Two of the conjugates, having present all the functional groups characteristic of BS, were shown to be potentially useful as biological probes ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Malachowska-Ugarte M,Sperduto C,Ermolovich YV,Sauchuk AL,Jurášek M,Litvinovskaya RP,Straltsova D,Smolich I,Zhabinskii VN,Drašar P,Demidchik V,Khripach VA

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The ability of human adult adrenal to utilize progesterone (P4) for cortisol (F) synthesis in vitro has been compared with that of fetal adrenal tissue. Explant cultures were studied for 6 days using Ham's F10 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum (FBS), with or without added P4 as substrate. Short-term (4h)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Branchaud CL,Lipowski L,Dhanani B,Goodyer CG,Lefebvre Y

更新日期：1986-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The non-genomic action of steroid hormones regulates a wide variety of cellular responses including regulation of ion transport, cell proliferation, migration, death and differentiation. In order to achieve such plethora of effects steroid hormones utilize nearly all known signal transduction pathways. One of the key ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Alzamora R,Harvey BJ

更新日期：2008-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We synthesized various analogues of 1alpha,25-(OH)(2)D(3)-26,23-lactone and examined the effects of them on HL-60 cell differentiation using the evaluation system of the genomic action of 1alpha,25-(OH)(2)D(3). We found that (23S)- and (23R)-25-dehydro-1alpha-OH-D(3)-26,23-lactone (TEI-9647 and TEI-9648) strongly boun...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ishizuka S,Miura D,Ozono K,Saito M,Eguchi H,Chokki M,Norman AW

更新日期：2001-03-01 00:00:00