990719_fig_c.GIF (9436 ??)
The steroids biosynthasis-related enzymes and proteins in AD

Note: StAR: Steroidogenic acute regulatory protein, 3bHSD: type II 3-beta hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/ 5-delta - 4-delta isomerase, P45017a: Cytochrome P450, subfamily XVII (steroid 17-alpha-hydroxylase), P45011b2: Cytochrome P450 XIB2 (aldosterone synthase), ADR: adrenodoxin, P45021b: 21-hydroxylase B, P45011b: Cytochrome P450 11 beta, P450scc: cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme P450scc, STD: dehydroepiandrosterone sulfotransferase, 17b?SD: 17-beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase, P450C21: steroid 21-hydroxylase (P-450(C21)), P45021A: 21-hydroxylase A, EST: estrogen sulfotransferase.