Medical Knowledge Cockpit adrenal insufficiency

CYP11A1

• Peripheral benzodiazepine receptor in cholesterol transport and steroidogenesis
• Intramitochondrial cholesterol transfer
• Genetic susceptibility and environmental estrogen-like compounds
• Some new thoughts on the pathophysiology and genetics of polycystic ovary syndrome
• Identification by site-directed mutagenesis of two lysine residues in cholesterol side chain cleavage cytochrome P450 that are essential for adrenodoxin binding

POMC

• The role of proopiomelanocortin (POMC) neurones in feeding behaviour
• Proopiomelanocortin production by epidermal cells: evidence for an immune neuroendocrine network in the epidermis

• Peptide hormone biosynthesis
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