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Ruth Best

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Active since

1996

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Western General Hospital(Current)

University of Edinburgh

Ruth Best is an author at Western General Hospital specializing in steroid biochemistry, endocrinology, and life sciences.

Publications per year

1996–1997

6

Publications

6

11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 knockout mice show attenuated glucocorticoid-inducible responses and resist hyperglycemia on obesity or stress

Yuri Kotelevtsev, Megan C. Holmes, Ann N. Burchell et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 855 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17

Cyp7b, a novel brain cytochrome P450, catalyzes the synthesis of neurosteroids 7α-hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone and 7α-hydroxy pregnenolone

Ken A. Rose, Genevieve Stapleton, Karin Dott et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1997 · 222 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Neuroscience +16

Seasonal Variation in Glucocorticoid Activity in Healthy Men<sup>1</sup>

Brian R. Walker, Ruth Best, Joseph P. Noon et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 1997 · 129 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Psychiatry +17

Additional value of measurement of urinary cortisone and unconjugated cortisol metabolites in assessing the activity of 11β‐hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase <i>in vivo</i>

Ruth Best, B. R. Walker · Clinical Endocrinology · 1997 · 126 citations

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Endocrinology +17

Increased Vasoconstrictor Sensitivity to Glucocorticoids in Essential Hypertension

Brian R. Walker, Ruth Best, Cedric Shackleton et al. · Hypertension · 1996 · 117 citations

Medicine, Endocrinology, Physiology +17

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