Fig. 5
From: Obesity and male breast cancer: provocative parallels?
Pathways of steroid hormone metabolism in adipose tissue. Bold boxes highlight steroid hormones. Italics denote enzymes with arrows indicating direction of metabolism. Aromatase enzyme highlighted in bold italics. 3β-HSD1, 3β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; 17β-HSD2, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 2; 17β-HSD3, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 3; 17β-HSD5, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 5; 17β-HSD12, 17β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 12. Image was compiled by the author by drawing on information from [56, 116, 117]