Scheme 1.
(A) Routes to 17β-estradiol in the breast. The other reductive 17β-HSDs include types 1, 7, & possibly 12; the oxidative isoforms include types 2 and 4. (B) Proposed role for AKR1C3 in prostaglandin signaling.
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