"Dehydroepiandrosterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A major C19 steroid produced by the ADRENAL CORTEX. It is also produced in small quantities in the TESTIS and the OVARY. Dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) can be converted to TESTOSTERONE; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; and ESTRONE. Most of DHEA is sulfated (DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE SULFATE) before secretion.
Descriptor ID |
D003687
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MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.054.079.429.625 D04.210.500.578.502.400 D06.472.040.502.400 D06.472.334.851.968.952
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Concept/Terms |
Dehydroepiandrosterone- Dehydroepiandrosterone
- 5-Androsten-3-beta-hydroxy-17-one
- 5 Androsten 3 beta hydroxy 17 one
- DHEA
- Prasterone
- Androstenolone
- Dehydroisoandrosterone
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1995 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
1996 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
1997 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dehydroepiandrosterone" by people in Profiles.
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Violence Victimization Predicts Body Mass Index One Decade Later among an Urban Sample of African American Young Adults: Sex as a Moderator and Dehydroepiandrosterone as a Mediator. J Urban Health. 2019 08; 96(4):632-643.
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Activation of immune function by dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) in age-advanced men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1997 Jan; 52(1):M1-7.
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DHEA: a hormone with multiple effects. Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol. 1996 Oct; 8(5):351-4.
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Etiology of the differences in corticotropin-releasing hormone-induced adrenocorticotropin secretion of black and white women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1996 Sep; 81(9):3307-11.
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Replacement of DHEA in aging men and women. Potential remedial effects. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 1995 Dec 29; 774:128-42.