Androgen biosynthesis in the human fetus proceeds through the adrenal sex steroid precursor dehydroepiandrosterone, which is converted to testosterone in the gonads, followed by further activation to ...

Adrenal androgens, primarily dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) and its sulphate (DHEAS), have long been recognised as key precursors in steroid metabolism. More recently, the identification of ...

New research by academics at the University of Bristol has found evidence that prolonged treatment of synthetic corticosteroid drugs increases adrenal gland inflammation in response to bacterial ...

Further investigation of the adrenal participation in determining the hyperandrogenic state in PCOS should be performed. Whether this is due to a specific alteration of enzymes involved in adrenal ...

Vol. 24, Supplement 1: Lipids and Lipoproteins: Proceedings of a Scientific Symposium of the International Federation of Margarine Associations Brussel, May 17 – 18, 1979 (1980), pp. 74-89 (16 pages) ...

A research team has unveiled an adrenal independent pathway, the hypothalamus-sympathetic-liver (HSL) axis, to mediate stress-induced glucose release. Their study is published in Nature Communications ...

Expert Rev Endocrinol Metab. 2012;7(5):555-566. To summarize, all available studies support the possibility that the HPA axis response to neuroendocrine stimuli may be altered only in a subset of ...