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Baulieu, Étienne-Émile |
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College de France |
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Medical Physiology and Metabolism |
 Election Citation
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During the past thirty years, Baulieu has advanced our knowledge of the steroid hormones in fundamental and practical ways. He discovered a new cerebral function, the synthesis of 'neurosteroids.' He has been an important contributor to the study of steroid receptors and has developed an antiprogestational compound, which is an antagonist at the receptor level and has already been shown to be useful for fertility regulations. |
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Research Interests
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As an endocrinologist and biochemist studying the synthesis, metabolism, and action of hormonal steroids, I have described the secretion of dehydroepiatidrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) by the human adrenals, and I am still studying its decrease in aging and the compensatory effect of steroid administration. We detected a number of metabolic pathways for steroid hormones, including for the synthesis of estrogens and androgens and the formation of active metabolites in the prostate (possible role in tu |
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