... necrosis factor- α stimulates dehydroepiandrosterone metabolism in human fibroblast-like synoviocytes: a role for nuclear factor- κB and activator protein-1 in the regulation of expression of cytochrome ... Bjorkhem I, Seckl J, Lathe R: Cyp7b, a novel brain cyto-chrome P450, catalyzes the synthesis of neurosteroids7alpha-hydroxy dehydroepiandrosterone and 7alpha-hydroxypregnenolone. Proc Natl Acad ... [6,7]. The conversion of DHEA into 7α-OH-DHEA is catalyzed bycytochrome p450 enzyme 7b (Cyp7b) [8]. Because of the reported immunostimulating effects of 7α-OH-DHEA, we pre-viously investigated the...