Corticotropin-Releasing Hormone: An Autocrine Hormone That Promotes Lipogenesis in Human Sebocytes

    May 2002 in “ Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ”
    Christos C. Zouboulis, Holger Seltmann, Naoki Hiroi … Stefan R. Bornstein
    Studysummary In vitro, this study suggests that CRH may act as an autocrine hormone in human sebocytes, influencing lipid synthesis and potentially impacting skin disorders related to alterations in sebaceous lipid formation.
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