Title : Sexual hormones in human skin.

Pub. Date : 2007 Feb

PMID : 17326004






1 Functional Relationships(s)
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1 Sebocytes express very little of the key enzyme, cytochrome P450c17, necessary for synthesis of the androgenic prohormones dehydroepiandrosterone and androstenedione, however, these prohormones can be converted by sebocytes and sweat glands, and probably also by dermal papilla cells, into more potent androgens like testosterone and dihydrotestosterone. Dehydroepiandrosterone cytochrome P450 family 17 subfamily A member 1 Homo sapiens