Skin steroidogenesis in health and disease.
Rev Endocr Metab Disord
; 17(3): 247-258, 2016 09.
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| ID: mdl-27761789
ABSTRACT
The skin is an important extra-gonadal steroidogenic organ, capable of metabolizing various hormones from their precursors, as well as of synthesizing de novo a broad palette of sex steroids and glucocorticoids from cholesterol. In this manuscript, we review the major steroidogenic properties of human skin and we suggest steroidogenesis' impairment as a cardinal factor for various pathological conditions such as acne, rosacea, atopic dermatitis, and androgenic alopecia.
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Assunto principal:
Dermatopatias
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Pele
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Esteroides
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Fenômenos Fisiológicos da Nutrição
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En
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2016
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