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Environmental exposure of steroid estrogens and their migration and transformation behavior
浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版, 2017 Steroid estrogens are a group of biologically active compounds synthesized from cholesterol and have a cyclopentan-o-perhydrophenanthrene ring in common.
TONG Xin +6 more
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Estrogenic plant extracts reverse weight gain and fat accumulation without causing mammary gland or uterine proliferation. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 Long-term estrogen deficiency increases the risk of obesity, diabetes and metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal women. Menopausal hormone therapy containing estrogens might prevent these conditions, but its prolonged use increases the risk of breast ...
Elise F Saunier +11 more
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Kidney International, 1974 This paper presents a review of the major anatomical, biochemical and physiological effects of estrogens upon the kidney. The field awaits a careful, systematic and comprehensive study.
Nicholas P. Christy, Joyce C. Shaver
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BMC Neuroscience, 2006 Background Results of the Women's Health Initiative Memory Study (WHIMS) raised concerns regarding the timing and formulation of hormone interventions.
Brinton Roberta, Zhao Liqin
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Estrogens in schizophrenia: What do we know?
European Psychiatry, 2021 Introduction Schizophrenia is a chronic disease that significantly impacts cognitive functioning. Sex differences in incidence, onset and course of schizophrenia suggest estrogens have a protective role.
L. Paulino Ferreira +3 more
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Neoplasia: An International Journal for Oncology Research, 2006 The clinical utility of estrogens for treating prostate cancer (CaP) was established in the 1940s by Huggins. The classic model of the anti-CaP activity of estrogens postulates an indirect mechanism involving the suppression of androgen production ...
Ilsa M. Coleman +7 more
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Estrogen-Independent Activation of Estrogen Receptors [PDF]
Hypertension, 2011 See related article, pp 1161–1166 Sex differences showing a lower prevalence and better outcome after ischemic stroke in women have been described, differences that are abrogated by natural or surgical menopause.1,2 High levels of endogenous estrogens in premenopausal women have been associated with reduced risk for a number of diseases, such as ...
Matthias R. Meyer +2 more
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Roles of Estrogens in the Healthy and Diseased Oviparous Vertebrate Liver
Metabolites, 2021 The liver is a vital organ that sustains multiple functions beneficial for the whole organism. It is sexually dimorphic, presenting sex-biased gene expression with implications for the phenotypic differences between males and females.
Blandine Tramunt +5 more
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Molecular mechanism of estrogen–estrogen receptor signaling [PDF]
Reproductive Medicine and Biology, 2016 Abstract17β‐Estradiol (E2), as the main circulating estrogen hormone, regulates many tissue and organ functions in physiology. The effects of E2 on cells are mediated by the transcription factors and estrogen receptor (ER)α and ERβ that are encoded by distinct genes.
Yasar, Pelin +4 more
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Estrogen receptor cytochemistry by fluorescent estrogen. [PDF]
Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry, 1980 A recently synthesized fluorescein-labeled estrogen (17FE, 1-(N)-fluoresceinyl-estrone-thiosemicarbazone) interacts with estrogen-target cells like the native hormone and visualizes the uptake, transport, and distribution of estrogen in intact target cells.
G. Fabris +5 more
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