Androgen Biosynthesis in an Interstitial Cell Tumor of the Testis

1 October 1962

journal article
research article
Published by The Endocrine Society in Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Vol. 22 (10), 1040-1042
https://doi.org/10.1210/jcem-22-10-1040

Abstract

Incubation of testosterone-4-C¹⁴ and pregnenolone-7-H³ with a brei from a human interstitial cell tumor resulted in the formation of dehydroepiandrosterone-H³, testosterone- H³, and δ⁴-androstene-3, 17-dione-C¹⁴-H³.

Keywords

LEYDIG CELL TUMOR
PREGNENOLONE
ANDROSTENES

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

CLINICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL STUDIES OF A VIRILIZING TUMOR IN THE TESTIS*
JCI Insight, 1960

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