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A Slominski1, C E Gomez-Sanchez, M F Foecking, J Wortsman.
Abstract
We are now showing that cultured human melanoma cells can synthesize steroids such as corticosterone from progesterone or deoxycorticosterone. Corticosterone production is strongly responsive to deoxycorticosterone substrate addition (12-fold increase), but unresponsive to the adrenal stimulating factors ACTH and angiotensin II. This is the first demonstration that skin cells (malignant melanocytes) have the capability to synthesize 11-deoxycorticosterone, corticosterone, and 18-hydroxydeoxycorticosterone.Entities:
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Year: 1999 PMID: 10437805 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(99)00889-3
Source DB: PubMed Journal: FEBS Lett ISSN: 0014-5793 Impact factor: 4.124