Debashis Ghosh

No ORCID on file · 5 papers in corpus
review 2023
Methods in enzymology ·doi:10.1016/bs.mie.2023.04.025

Cytochrome P450 aromatase (AROM) and steroid (estrone (E1)/dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA)) sulfatase (STS) are the two key enzymes responsible for the biosynthesis of estrogens in human, and maintenance of the critical balance between androg…

other 2023
The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology ·doi:10.1016/j.jsbmb.2022.106228

Human placental estrone (E1)/dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) sulfatase (human placental steroid sulfatase; hSTS) is an integral membrane protein of the endoplasmic reticulum. This Ca2+-dependent enzyme catalyzes the hydrolysis of sulfate este…

review 2023
Steroids ·doi:10.1016/j.steroids.2023.109249

Cytochrome P450 aromatase (AROM) and steroid sulfatase (STS) are the two key enzymes for the biosynthesis of estrogens in human, and maintenance of the critical balance between androgens and estrogens. Human AROM, an integral membrane prote…

review 2016
Journal of medicinal chemistry ·doi:10.1021/acs.jmedchem.5b01281

Human aromatase catalyzes the synthesis of estrogen from androgen with high substrate specificity. For the past 40 years, aromatase has been a target of intense inhibitor discovery research for the prevention and treatment of estrogen-depen…

other 2012
Journal of medicinal chemistry ·doi:10.1021/jm300930n

Human cytochrome P450 aromatase catalyzes with high specificity the synthesis of estrogens from androgens. Aromatase inhibitors (AIs) such as exemestane, 6-methylideneandrosta-1,4-diene-3,17-dione, are preeminent drugs for the treatment of …