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Loss of aromatase cytochrome P450 function as a risk factor for Parkinson's disease?
Brain research reviews - 1 Mar 2008
Morale M C, L'Episcopo F, Tirolo C, Giaquinta G, Caniglia S, Testa N, Arcieri P, Serra P-A, Lupo G, Alberghina M, Harada N, Honda S, Panzica G C, Marchetti Bianca
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The final step in the physiological synthesis of 17beta estradiol (E(2)) is aromatization of precursor testosterone by a CYP19 gene product, cytochrome P450 estrogen aromatase in the C19 steroid metabolic pathway. Within the central nervous system (CNS) the presence, distribution, and activity of aromatase have been well characterized. Developmental stage and injury are known modulators of brain enzyme activity,...
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