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Novel mechanisms for DHEA action

Russell A Prough1, Barbara J Clark1, Carolyn M Klinge2

  • 1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular GeneticsCenter for Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA.

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology
|February 25, 2016
PubMed

Keywords:
DHEADHEA-SG-protein-coupled receptorsnuclear receptors

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