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Clinical, endocrine, and molecular findings in 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3 deficiency.
Journal of endocrinological investigation - 1 Jan 2008
Faienza M F, Giordani L, Delvecchio M, Cavallo L
Abstract excerpt
The 17beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases (17betaHSD) gene family comprises different enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of active steroid hormones. The 17betaHSD type 3 (17betaHSD3) isoenzyme catalyzes the reductive conversion of the inactive C19-steroid, Delta4-androstenedione (Delta4- A), into the biologically active androgen, testosterone (T), in the Leydig cells of the testis. It is encoded by the...
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