Steroid hormones: Interactions with membrane-bound receptors.
Steroid hormones are generally thought to pass easily across a plasma membrane into a cell, interacting once inside with soluble nuclear receptors, but recent experiments have demonstrated the importance of membrane-bound receptors in mediating the activity and the metabolism of steroid hormones.
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Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94141-9100, USA. hccl@itsa.ucsf.edu
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D000818:Animals; D026541:Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D018345:Mice, Knockout; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D011987:Receptors, Steroid / Q000378:metabolism*; D013256:Steroids / Q000378:metabolism*; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000378:metabolism
D026541:Heymann Nephritis Antigenic Complex; D008562:Membrane Glycoproteins; D011980:Receptors, Progesterone; D011987:Receptors, Steroid; D013256:Steroids; D014807:Vitamin D