"Pregnenolone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A 21-carbon steroid, derived from CHOLESTEROL and found in steroid hormone-producing tissues. Pregnenolone is the precursor to GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and the adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
| Descriptor ID |
D011284
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.725 D06.472.040.585.745 D06.472.334.851.687.500
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| Concept/Terms |
Pregnenolone- Pregnenolone
- 5-Pregnen-3-beta-ol-20-one
- 5 Pregnen 3 beta ol 20 one
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2013 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Pregnenolone" by people in Profiles.
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In vitro and in vivo effect of flutamide on steroid hormone secretion in canine and human inflammatory breast cancer cell lines. Vet Comp Oncol. 2018 Mar; 16(1):148-158.
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Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein transcript abundance in the eel, Anguilla australis: changes during the induced reproductive cycle and effects of follicle-stimulating hormone during previtellogenesis. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2013 Nov; 138:464-70.
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Neonatal dexamethasone treatment induces long-lasting changes in T-cell receptor vbeta repertoire in rats. J Neuroimmunol. 2001 Jan 01; 112(1-2):47-54.
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Effects of antidepressant treatment on neuroactive steroids in major depression. Am J Psychiatry. 1998 Jul; 155(7):910-3.
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3 -Hydroxy steroid dehydrogenase activity in the mitochondria of rat adrenal homogenates. Biochem J. 1971 Dec; 125(4):983-9.
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Structure-function relationships of various steroids relative to induction of a specific oviduct protein (Avidin). Endocrinology. 1967 Sep; 81(3):677-8.