Any cell in which the hormone binds to its receptors
Distinguishes the target cell receptor from the plasma carrier proteins that bind hormone but do not generate a signal
receptors with no known ligand
converts cholesterol to pregnenolone
essential for the transport of cholesterol to P450scc in the inner mitochondrial membrane
All mammalian steroid hormones are formed from cholesterol via
T or F, There is cellular Specificity in Adrenal Steroidogenesis
Synthesis of aldosterone occurs in _____
needed for mineralo- and gluccocorticoid activity
Most potent glucocorticoid in humans
Major androgen precursor from the adrenal cortex
Most potent adrenal androgen
important in both the adrenals and gonads and acts exclusively on 17a-hydroxy containing molecules
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Answer
lack one of the hydroxylases
synthesized in the interstitial tissue by the Leydig Cells
most significant metabolic product of testosterone
Is the primary estrogen of ovartian origin
source of androstenedione and testosterone
where does conversion to estrone and estradiol occurs
produced by the corpus luteum as an end product hormone because these cells do not contain the enzyme necessary to convert progesterone to other steroid hormones
major source of estrogens in postmenopausal women
Estradiol is produced from the aromatization of _____
Estrone is produced from the aromatization of _____
precursor of calcitriol (vitamin D) is produced in the ______ layer of the epidermis
A specific transport protein that binds to vitamin D3
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