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[11beta-hydroxysteroide dehydrogenases. Recent advances].
Annales d'endocrinologie - 1 Oct 2007
Vantyghem M-C, Marcelli-Tourvieille S, Defrance F, Wemeau J-L
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11beta-hydroxysteroide dehydrogenase (11beta-OHSD) enzymes exhibit a regulating action upon cortisol metabolism before access to its receptors. Two types of isoenzymes have been described, type 2 being the most anciently known. Type 2 11beta-OHSD, which changes cortisol into cortisone, is a unidirectional dehydrogenase mainly located in kidney, that protects mineralocorticoid receptors from illicit activation by...
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