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Phenotypic analysis of mice bearing targeted deletions of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases 1 and 2 genes.
Molecular and cellular endocrinology - 22 Jan 2001
Holmes M C, Kotelevtsev Y, Mullins J J, Seckl J R
Abstract excerpt
The glucocorticoid metabolising enzymes, 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (11beta-HSD), play a critical role in determining the availability of glucocorticoids to activate their receptors and hence modulate target gene transcription. There are two isozymes, 11beta-HSD-1 and -2, which act in opposing directions. 11beta-HSD-2 acts as a dehydrogenase, converting active corticosterone (cortisol in humans) to its...
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