Crucial Role Reported for TSPO in Viability and Steroidogenesis is a Misconception. Commentary: Conditional Steroidogenic Cell-Targeted Deletion of TSPO Unveils a Crucial Role in Viability and Hormone-Dependent Steroid Formation

Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2016 Jul 18:7:91. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00091. eCollection 2016.

Authors

Vimal Selvaraj¹, Lan N Tu¹, Douglas M Stocco²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Animal Science, Cornell University , Ithaca, NY , USA.
² Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center , Lubbock, TX , USA.

PMID: 27489176
PMCID: PMC4947589
DOI: 10.3389/fendo.2016.00091

No abstract available

Keywords: Leydig cells; adrenal cortex; cholesterol; embryonic lethality; lipid metabolism; mitochondria; steroid biosynthesis; translocator protein TSPO.

Publication types

Comment