Endocrine Abstracts

This lecture will cover clinical-experimental and molecular studies elucidating the role and regulation of the adrenal steroid dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), a crucial precursor of human sex steroid synthesis. DHEA and its sulphate ester DHEAS are the most abundant steroids in the human circulation and their intraadrenal synthesis represents a recent evolutionary development, only observed in higher mammals. Only humans and higher non-human primates show an age-specific patter...

Wiebke Arlt, UK AbstractThe European Journal of Endocrinology Prize is awarded to a candidate who has significantly contributed to the advancement of knowledge in the field of endocrinology through publication. This year's recipient is Professor Wiebke Arlt. The prize will be presented as part of the ECE 2009 opening ceremony where Professor Arlt will deliver her lecture. Professor Arlt will als...