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Fatty Acyl Esterification and Deesterification of 17β-Estradiol in Human Breast Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue
Author(s) -
Feng Wang,
Veera Vihma,
Maija Badeau,
Hanna SavolainenPeltonen,
Marjut Leidenius,
Tomi S. Mikkola,
Ursula Turpeinen,
Esa Hämäläinen,
Elina Ikonen,
Kristiina Wähälä,
Christian Fledelius,
Matti Jauhiainen,
Matti J. Tikkanen
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-1762
Subject(s) - adipose tissue , chemistry , hormone sensitive lipase , medicine , estrogen , endocrinology , microsome , metabolism , white adipose tissue , lipid metabolism , biochemistry , enzyme , biology , lipolysis
Adipose tissue has an important role in peripheral estrogen synthesis. One of the metabolic pathways of estradiol (E(2)) is its conversion to lipophilic fatty acyl esters.

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