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Early onset of puberty and early ovarian failure in CYP7B1 knockout mice.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 22 Feb 2005
Omoto Yoko, Lathe Richard, Warner Margaret, Gustafsson Jan-Ake
Abstract excerpt
CYP7B1 is the enzyme responsible for hydroxylation and termination of the estrogenic actions of the androgen metabolite, 5alpha-androstane-3beta, 17beta-diol (3betaAdiol). 3betaAdiol is estrogenic in ERalpha or ERbeta positive cells only if they do not express CYP7B1. In this study we show that female CYP7B1(-/-) mice experience early onset of growth of the uterus and mammary glands and commence estrus cycles 2...
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