"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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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2019 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Dehydroepiandrosterone" by people in Profiles.
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Alert to US physicians: DHEA, widely used as an OTC androgen supplement, may exacerbate COVID-19. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2021 02; 28(2):R47-R53.
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The Steroid Profile of Adrenal Incidentalomas: Subtyping Subjects With High Cardiovascular Risk. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2019 11 01; 104(11):5519-5528.
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Endogenous Sex Hormones and Endothelial Function in Postmenopausal Women and Men: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2019 07; 28(7):900-909.
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Effects of Horticultural Therapy on Asian Older Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018 08 09; 15(8).
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Vasodilator effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on fetal pulmonary circulation: An experimental study in pregnant sheep. PLoS One. 2018; 13(6):e0198778.
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Endogenous Sex Hormones and Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Post-Menopausal Women. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2018 06 05; 71(22):2555-2566.
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Dehydroepiandrosterone and dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate levels in combat veterans with or without a history of suicide attempt. Acta Psychiatr Scand. 2018 07; 138(1):55-61.
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DHEA prevents ribavirin-induced anemia via inhibition of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. Antiviral Res. 2017 Oct; 146:153-160.
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Habitual sleep quality and diurnal rhythms of salivary cortisol and dehydroepiandrosterone in postmenopausal women. Psychoneuroendocrinology. 2017 Oct; 84:172-180.
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Polymorphisms of STS gene and SULT2A1 gene and neurosteroid levels in Han Chinese boys with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: an exploratory investigation. Sci Rep. 2017 04 03; 7:45595.