The Steroidogenic Acute Regulatory Protein Is Expressed in Steroidogenic Cells of the Day-Old Brain
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The steroidogenic acute regulatory protein is expressed in steroidogenic cells of the day-old brain.
Although recent research has focused on the fundamental role(s) of steroids synthesized de novo in the brain on development, the mechanism by which production of these neurosteroids is regulated remains unclear. Steroid production in peripheral tissues is acutely regulated by the steroidogenic acute regulatory (StAR) protein, which mediates the rate-limiting step in steroid biosynthesis: the in...
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عنوان ژورنال: Endocrinology
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0013-7227,1945-7170
DOI: 10.1210/en.2003-1740