[The alternative androgen synthesis pathway in humans]. / Der alternative Androgensyntheseweg des Menschen.
Klin Padiatr
; 225(1): 3-7, 2013 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
During the last year, alternative androgen synthesis pathways have been discovered in humans. This review article highlights these new concepts of androgen synthesis.We performed a selective literature research using PubMed.After the discovery of a new androgen synthesis pathway in marsupials, this new path-way of androgen synthesis could be established in humans during the last year from two independent studies. One of them could demonstrate that two pathways of androgen synthesis are needed for male sexual differentiation in humans; the other study established that the new pathway is an important source of androgen synthesis in congenital adrenal hyperplasia due to 21-hydroxylase deficiency. Additionally, it has been shown that an alternative androgen synthesis pathway that bypasses testosterone drives castration resistant prostate cancer.New and alternative androgen path-ways occur in humans. Importantly, these path-ways remain cryptic for the clinician, because the androgen synthesis circumvents classical intermediates like dehydroepiandrosterone, androstenedione and testosterone.
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Diferenciação Sexual
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Esteroide 21-Hidroxilase
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Hiperplasia Suprarrenal Congênita
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Androgênios
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