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Few cases of hepatocellular carcinomas along with adenocarcinomas of lung, endometrium, stomach, kidney, pancreas and rarely papillary adenocarcinoma of thyroid showed moderate to strong cytoplasmic positivity. Other cancer tissues were in general weakly stained or negative.
This isoform of 17 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase is expressed predominantly in the testis and catalyzes the conversion of androstenedione to testosterone. It preferentially uses NADP as cofactor. Deficiency can result in male pseudohermaphroditism with gynecomastia. [provided by RefSeq, Jul 2008]