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dehydroepiandrosterone

Known as: DHEA, 3?-hydroxyandrost-5-en-17-one, Therapeutic Dehydroepiandrosterone 
A synthetic form of dehydroepiandrosterone with potential chemopreventive activity. Produced endogenously, dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is an… 
National Institutes of Health

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1-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone16-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone5-androstene-16-fluoro-17-one7-hydroxydehydroepiandrosterone

Broader (5)

5-Androsten-3-ol-17-oneAdrenal Cortex HormonesAndrostenolsImmunologic Adjuvants
Dehydroepiandrosterone AssayDehydroepiandrosterone sulfate:SCnc:24H:Urine:QnDehydroepiandrosterone sulfate:SCnc:Pt:Ser/Plas:QnDehydroepiandrosterone sulfate:SCnc:Pt:Urine:Qn

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Review
2005
Review
2005
Is dehydroepiandrosterone a hormone?
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) is not a hormone but it is a very important prohormone secreted in large amounts by the adrenals in… 
Review
2002
Review
2002
Organization of the stress system and its dysregulation in melancholic and atypical depression: high vs low CRH/NE states
Stress precipitates depression and alters its natural history. Major depression and the stress response share similar phenomena… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study
In the late 1980s, the Massachusetts Male Aging Study (MMAS) revealed that in a healthy New England population, 52% of men aged… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Type 1/Type 2 immunity in infectious diseases.
T helper type 1 (Th1) lymphocytes secrete secrete interleukin (IL)-2, interferon-gamma, and lymphotoxin-alpha and stimulate type… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Oxidative stress regulates collagen synthesis and matrix metalloproteinase activity in cardiac fibroblasts.
Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathophysiology of myocardial failure. We tested the hypothesis that oxidative stress… 
Highly Cited
2000
Highly Cited
2000
Recent life events, cortisol, dehydroepiandrosterone and the onset of major depression in high-risk adolescents.
BACKGROUND It is not clear whether cortisol or dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) hypersecretion increases the risk for major… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Developmental and functional biology of the primate fetal adrenal cortex.
The unique characteristics of the primate (particularly human) fetal adrenal were first realized in the early 1900s when its… 
Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Dehydroepiandrosterone activates mutant androgen receptors expressed in the androgen-dependent human prostate cancer xenograft CWR22 and LNCaP cells.
An androgen receptor (AR) gene mutation identified in the androgen-dependent human prostate cancer xenograft, CWR22, changed… 
Review
1996
Review
1996
Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA): a fountain of youth?
  • E. Baulieu
  • Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
  • 1996
  • Corpus ID: 29799482
0 N SEPTEMBER 29 1675, the Marquise de Sevigne, then about 50, wrote in one her famous Letters; “. . . my health is the same as… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Impotence and its medical and psychosocial correlates: results of the Massachusetts Male Aging Study.
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