Metabolic conversion as a pre??receptor control mechanism for lipophilic hormones

S Nobel, L Abrahmsen…

Index: Valeur, Eric; Christmann-Franck, Serge; Lepifre, Franck; Carniato, Denis; Cravo, Daniel; Charon, Christine; Bozec, Sophie; Musil, Djordje; Hillertz, Per; Doare, Liliane; Schmidlin, Fabien; Lecomte, Marc; Schultz, Melanie; Roche, Didier Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry Letters, 2012 , vol. 22, # 18 p. 5909 - 5914

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Abstract

... insulin secretion [52]. Thus, to date two enzymes have been identified which mediate interconversion between cortisol and cortisone, each enzyme irreversible in vivo and together yielding 'biological reversibility'. The ratio of ...