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11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1: a tissue-specific regulator of glucocorticoid response.
Endocrine reviews - 1 Oct 2004
Tomlinson Jeremy W, Walker Elizabeth A, Bujalska Iwona J, Draper Nicole, Lavery Gareth G, Cooper Mark S, Hewison Martin, Stewart Paul M
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11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11beta-HSD1) interconverts inactive cortisone and active cortisol. Although bidirectional, in vivo it is believed to function as a reductase generating active glucocorticoid at a prereceptor level, enhancing glucocorticoid receptor activation. In this r...
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