Title : Expression of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isoenzymes in the human pituitary: induction of the type 2 enzyme in corticotropinomas and other pituitary tumors.

Pub. Date : 2001 Jun

PMID : 11397878






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1 However, two isoenzymes of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11 beta HSD), either by converting cortisone (E) to cortisol (F) (type 1) or conversely by converting F to E (type 2), play an important prereceptor role in regulating corticosteroid hormone action at several sites. Cortisone carbohydrate sulfotransferase 3 Homo sapiens