Development of a new sensitive and specific time-resolved fluoroimmunoassay (TR-FIA) of chlormadinone acetate in the serum of treated menopausal women.

abstract：:20S-hydroxyvitamin D3 (20S-(OH)D3), an in vitro product of vitamin D3 metabolism by the cytochrome P450scc, was recently isolated, identified and shown to possess antiproliferative activity without inducing hypercalcemia. The enzymatic production of 20S-(OH)D3 is tedious, expensive, and cannot meet the requirements fo...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Li W,Chen J,Janjetovic Z,Kim TK,Sweatman T,Lu Y,Zjawiony J,Tuckey RC,Miller D,Slominski A

更新日期：2010-12-01 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：:Two-hydroxyestrone (2OHE-1) and 16alpha-hydroxyestrone (16OHE-1) are two estrogen metabolites that may play important roles in the development or promotion of breast cancer. Our study assessed the reliability of a newly developed kit procedure for measuring 2OHE-1. Although under certain conditions the assay would not...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Spierto FW,Gardner F,Smith SJ

更新日期：2001-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Tibolone is a highly effective postmenopausal hormone treatment that has its biological activity dependent on metabolism to 3alpha- and 3beta-OH tibolone, which bind solely to the estrogen receptor. Despite the high levels of estrogen receptor-binding metabolites in the circulation, the endometrium becomes atrophic, s...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Schatz F,Kuczynski E,Kloosterboer HJ,Buchwalder L,Tang C,Krikun G,Lockwood CJ

更新日期：2005-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The crystal structure of a Li(+) salt of a glucosyl derivative of lithocholic acid (lithium 3α-(α-d-glucopyranosyl)-5β-cholan-24-oate) has been solved. The crystal belongs to the orthorhombic system, P212121 spatial group, and includes acetone and water in the structure with a 1:1:2 stoichiometry. Monolayers, having a...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Gubitosi M,Meijide F,D'Annibale A,Vázquez Tato J,Jover A,Galantini L,Travaglini L,di Gregorio MC,Pavel NV

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：: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：:A short and efficient synthesis of steroid synthons, di(tert-butyldimethylsilyl) ethers of 3,21-dihydroxy-24-nor-chol-5-en-23-al (8 and 10) and of ethyl 3,21-dihydroxy-25-homo-chola-5,23-dien-25-oate (9 and 11), having natural (20R) and unnatural (20S) configuration from 3β-(tert-butyldimethylsilyloxy)-14α,20ξ-card-5-...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Koenig H,Skiera I,Błaszczyk K,Paryzek Z

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corticosteroids were used normally as anti-inflammatory drugs. However, in some area certain corticosteroids might be illegally used as growth promoting agent in feed, and as prohibited doping substances in game and sport for human or/and animal performance-enhancing. Synthesized structural similar corticosteroids wer...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chen SY,Fang M,Lin YT,Tsai CF,Cheng HF,Wang DY

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The synthesis of 13C-labeled steroid hormones is reviewed. Two general approaches are highlighted: partial synthesis in which part of the steroid nucleus is replaced with 13C-labeled synthons, and total synthesis. Examples from both approaches, leading to (3-(3)C)-, (4-(13)C)-, (3,4-(13)C2)-, and (1,2,3,4-(13)C4)- lab...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Zomer G,Stavenuiter JF

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioconversion of the aromatase inhibitor formestane (4-hydroxyandrost-4-ene-3,17-dione) (1) by the fungus Rhizopus oryzae ATCC 11145 resulted in a new minor metabolite 3,5α-dihydroxyandrost-2-ene-4,17-dione (2) and the known 4β,5α-dihydroxyandrostane-4,17-dione (3) as the major product. The structural elucidation and ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Martin GD,Narvaez J,Bulmer R,Durrant MC

更新日期：2016-09-01 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：:This paper revealed the expression pattern of ERα in the ovoviviparous teleost, Sebastes schlegeli. In this paper, we isolated the cDNA encoding for estrogen receptor alpha of black rockfish (S. schlegeli) from its ovary, named as black rockfish ERα (brfERα). The cDNA sequence of brfERα consists of 2972bp with an open...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shi D,Wen HS,He F,Li JF,Yang YP,Chen CF,Zhang JR,Chen XY,Jin GX,Shi B,Qi BX,Li N

更新日期：2011-12-20 00:00:00

abstract：:This study was designed to describe the time-course changes of catabolic proteins following muscle atrophy induced by 10 days of dexamethasone (DEX). Rats underwent DEX treatment for 1, 3, 5, 7 and 10 days. Body weight (BW) and lean mass were obtained using a dual energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan. Muscle ringer...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Macedo AG,Krug AL,Souza LM,Martuscelli AM,Constantino PB,Zago AS,Rush JW,Santos CF,Amaral SL

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Readily available vanadyl acetylacetonate was found to oxidize the allylic sites of Δ(5) steroidal alcohols without protection of hydroxyl groups. Cholesterol, dehydroepiandrosterone, cholesterol benzoate, cholesterol acetate, pregnenolone, and 5-pregnen-3,20-diene were oxidized to 7-keto products using vanadyl acetyl...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Grainger WS,Parish EJ

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanistic study on the nucleophilic substitution of a strictly geometric 21-bromo-3alpha-hydroxyl-3beta-methoxymethyl-5alpha-pregnan-20-one was described. Reaction of the alpha-bromoketone with excess lithium imidazole followed by the addition of extra bases including n-butyllithium, methyllithium, lithium piperid...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chen CY,Wong FF,Lee YH,Chou SY,Huang JJ,Yeh MY

更新日期：2006-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A virulent culture of Hymenoscyphus fraxineus, the causal agent of ash dieback, was investigated for its production of secondary metabolites in a 70 L batch fermentation. Chemical analysis of the mycelial extract by means of flash chromatography and preparative HPLC led to the isolation of a new ergostane-type steroid...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Surup F,Halecker S,Nimtz M,Rodrigo S,Schulz B,Steinert M,Stadler M

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:17 beta-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (17 beta-HSD) controls the last step in the formation of all androgens and all estrogens. This crucial role of 17 beta-HSD is performed by at least five 17 beta-HSD isoenzymes having individual cell-specific expression, substrate specificity, regulation mechanisms, and reductive or...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Labrie F,Luu-The V,Lin SX,Labrie C,Simard J,Breton R,Bélanger A

更新日期：1997-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta-HSD), by converting cortisol and corticosterone to hormonally inactive cortisone and 11-dehydrocorticosterone, respectively, is an important pre-receptor signaling pathway for the renal mineralocorticoid receptor (MR). This receptor has an equal affinity for the glucocorti...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Stewart PM,Mason JI

更新日期：1995-01-01 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：: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 simplified, non-chromatographic method for aldosterone-gamma-lactone (2) radio-immunoassay is described, using a high titer aldosterone-gamma-lactone antibody. This method takes six working hours for completion; the blanks are below the sensitivity of the assay (0-10 pg), and the intra and interassay coefficient of ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Antunes JR,Dale SL,Melby JC

更新日期：1976-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fermentation of mesterolone (1) with Cunninghamella blakesleeana yielded four new metabolites, 1α-methyl-1β,11β,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (2), 1α-methyl-7α,11β,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (3), 1α-methyl-1β,6α,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (4) and 1α-methyl-1β,11α,17β-trihydroxy-5α-androstan-3-one (5)...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Ahmad MS,Zafar S,Bibi M,Bano S,Atia-Tul-Wahab,Atta-Ur-Rahman,Iqbal Choudhary M

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new spirostane steroidal saponin, govanoside A (1) along with three known compounds borassoside E (2) pennogenin (3) and diosgenin (4) were isolated from rhizomes of Trillium govanianum. Their structures were elucidated through 1D, 2D-NMR spectroscopic data analysis and acid hydrolysis. Compound (2) in genus Trilliu...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Shafiq-ur-Rahman,Ismail M,Shah MR,Adhikari A,Anis I,Ahmad MS,Khurram M

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have investigated the metabolism of deoxycorticosterone in A6 cells, a continuous cell line derived from the kidney of Xenopus laevis. A6 cells at confluence were incubated with serum-free culture media containing 2.5 microM [3H] deoxycorticosterone. When radioactive compounds in incubation media were separated by ...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Matsuzaki K,Arai T,Miyazaki T,Yasuda K

更新日期：1995-07-01 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

abstract：:We have monitored the effect of ergosterol on electrical capacitance and electrical resistance of the phosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes using chronopotentiometry method. The chronopotentiometric characteristic of the bilayers depends on constant-current flow through the membranes. For low current values, no electr...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Naumowicz M,Petelska AD,Figaszewski ZA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) caused by 21-hydroxylase deficiency (21OHD) is an autosomal recessive disorder due to mutation in the CYP21A2 gene. OBJECTIVE:To elucidate the genetic basis of 21-hydroxylase-deficient CAH in Hong Kong Chinese patients. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Mutational analysis of the CY...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Chan AO,But WM,Ng KL,Wong LM,Lam YY,Tiu SC,Lee KF,Lee CY,Loung PY,Berry IR,Brown R,Charlton R,Cheng CW,Ho YC,Tse WY,Shek CC

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Radioimmunoassay (RIA) for testosterone (T) in unchromatographed plasma extracts from ATD-treated rats gave spuriously high values for T. Cross-reaction and chromatographic studies subsequently showed that ATD and, to a much greater extent, its metabolite(s) were responsible for this overestimation. Celite column chro...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Donaldson MD,Forest MG

更新日期：1980-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exposure of immature rat ovaries to pregnant mare's serum gonadotropin (PMS) results in a prompt increase in testosterone and progesterone output but synthesis of estradiol (E2) increases only after a lag period of several hours. Actinomycin D (Act-D) given with PMS did not inhibit testosterone or progesterone product...

journal_title：Steroids

authors： Soewoto H,Cheng HC,Johnson DC

更新日期：1977-03-01 00:00:00