Androgens and Androgen Receptor Actions on Bone Health and Disease: From Androgen Deficiency to Androgen Therapy [PDF]
Cells, 2019 Androgens are not only essential for bone development but for the maintenance of bone mass. Therefore, conditions with androgen deficiency, such as male hypogonadism, androgen-insensitive syndromes, and prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy ...
Jia-Feng Chen +4 more
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Genomic and non-genomic effects of androgens in the cardiovascular system: clinical implications [PDF]
, 2017 The principle steroidal androgens are testosterone and its metabolite 5α-dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which is converted from testosterone by the enzyme 5α-reductase.
Ahmed, S. Faisal +4 more
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Androgens and Hypertension in Men and Women: a Unifying View. [PDF]
, 2017 This review was designed to revaluate the androgen role on the mechanisms of hypertension and cardiovascular risks in both men and women. Sex steroids are involved in the regulation of blood pressure, but pathophysiological mechanism is not well ...
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Impact of circulating cholesterol levels on growth and intratumoral androgen concentration of prostate tumors. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 Prostate cancer (PCa) is the second most common cancer in men. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) leads to tumor involution and reduction of tumor burden.
Elahe A Mostaghel +4 more
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Contribution of recent transgenic models and transcriptional profiling studies to our understanding of the mechanisms by which androgens control spermatogenesis [PDF]
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Claessens, Frank +7 more
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Estrogens and Androgens in Plants: The Last 20 Years of Studies
Plants, 2021 Although the only known steroid hormones in plants are brassinosteroids, interestingly, mammalian steroid hormones such as androgens or estrogens are also part of the plant metabolic profile. This presented review is focused on the progress that has been
Anna Janeczko
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ANDROGENS REGULATE T47D CELLS MOTILITY AND INVASION THROUGH ACTIN CYTOSKELETON REMODELLING
Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2016 The relationship between androgens and breast cancer is controversial. Androgens have complex effects on breast cancer progression and metastasis. Moreover, androgens receptor (AR) is expressed in approximately 70% to 90% of invasive breast carcinomas ...
Maria Magdalena Montt-Guevara +7 more
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Health considerations for transgender women and remaining unknowns : a narrative review [PDF]
, 2019 Transgender (trans) women (TW) were assigned male at birth but have a female gender identity or gender expression. The literature on management and health outcomes of TW has grown recently with more publication of research.
Defreyne, Justine +6 more
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American Journal of Men's Health, 2011 Many theories aim at explaining the mechanisms of aging and death in humans. Decreased levels of androgens, growth hormone, and insulin-like growth factor accompany natural aging in men.
Genovefa Kolovou MD, PhD +3 more
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Biomolecules, 2022 Androgens are steroids that modulate various processes in the body, ranging from reproduction, metabolism, and even immune response. The main androgens are testosterone, dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). These steroids modulate
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