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  2. Steroid hormone - Wikipedia

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    The natural steroid hormones are generally synthesized from cholesterol in the gonads and adrenal glands. These forms of hormones are lipids . They can pass through the cell membrane as they are fat-soluble, [ 7 ] and then bind to steroid hormone receptors (which may be nuclear or cytosolic depending on the steroid hormone) to bring about ...

  3. Cholesterol - Wikipedia

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    Cholesterol is the principal sterol of all higher animals, distributed in body tissues, especially the brain and spinal cord, and in animal fats and oils. [3] [4]Cholesterol is biosynthesized by all animal cells [citation needed] and is an essential structural and signaling component of animal cell membranes.

  4. Adrenal cortex - Wikipedia

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    The precursor of steroids synthesized in the adrenal cortex is cholesterol that is stored in vesicles. Cholesterol can be synthesized de novo in the adrenal cortex. Yet, the major source of cholesterol appears to be cholesterol that is taken up with circulating lipoproteins. [15] The steps up to this point occur in many steroid-producing ...

  5. Cortisol - Wikipedia

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    Cortisol is a steroid hormone in the glucocorticoid class of hormones and a stress hormone. When used as medication, ... Cortisol is synthesized from cholesterol.

  6. Corticosteroid - Wikipedia

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    The corticosteroids are synthesized from cholesterol within the adrenal cortex. [1] Most steroidogenic reactions are catalysed by enzymes of the cytochrome P450 family. They are located within the mitochondria and require adrenodoxin as a cofactor (except 21-hydroxylase and 17α-hydroxylase). [citation needed]

  7. Testosterone - Wikipedia

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    The amount of testosterone synthesized is regulated by the hypothalamic–pituitary–testicular axis . [161] When testosterone levels are low, gonadotropin-releasing hormone is released by the hypothalamus, which in turn stimulates the pituitary gland to release FSH and LH. These latter two hormones stimulate the testis to synthesize testosterone.

  8. Sterol - Wikipedia

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    [2] [3] The most familiar type of animal sterol is cholesterol, which is vital to the structure of the cell membrane, and functions as a precursor to fat-soluble vitamins and steroid hormones. While technically alcohols, sterols are classified by biochemists as lipids ( fats in the broader sense of the term).

  9. Glucocorticoid remediable aldosteronism - Wikipedia

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    Steroid hormones are synthesized from cholesterol within the adrenal cortex. Aldosterone and corticosterone share the first part of their biosynthetic pathway. The last part is either mediated by the aldosterone synthase (for aldosterone) or by the 11β-hydroxylase (for corticosterone). [citation needed]