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Developmental and functional effects of steroid hormones on the neuroendocrine axis and spinal cord [PDF]

, 2016
This review highlights the principal effects of steroid hormones at central and peripheral levels in the neuroendocrine axis. The data discussed highlight the principal role of oestrogens and testosterone in hormonal programming in relation to sexual ...
Gonzalez Deniselle, Maria Claudia, Lara, H. E., Recabarren, S. E., Roselli, C. E., Zubeldia Brenner, Lautaro   +4 more
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Breast cancer: estrogens as carcinogens

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2013
The major known risk factors for breast cancer are associated with a prolonged exposure to increased levels of estrogens and their reactive metabolites. The mechanisms through which estrogens contribute to the carcinogenic process are complex.
Jasmina-Živa Černe, Srdjan Novaković, Ksenija Geršak   +2 more
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Sex Hormones and Healthy Psychological Aging in Women

Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, 2018
Besides their key role in reproduction, estrogens have effects in several organs in the body, as confirmed by the identification of estrogen receptors (ER) in multiple tissues.
Esperanza Navarro-Pardo, Carol A. Holland, Antonio Cano   +2 more
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Estrogens and genomic instability in human cancer cells-involvement of Src/Raf/Erk signaling in micronucleus formation by estrogenic chemicals [PDF]

, 2008
This article is available open access through the publisher’s website. Copyright @ 2008 The Authors.Reports of the ability of estrogenic agents such as 17β-estradiol (E2), estriol (E3) and bisphenol A (BPA) to induce micronuclei (MN) in MCF-7 breast ...
A. Kabil, A. Kortenkamp, Acconcia, Bharadwaj, Bonacker, Bulayeva, Bulayeva, Colditz, Crofton-Sleigh, Cuenda, Davis, Di Domenico, Ducat, E. Silva, Eckert, Eves, Fenech, Filardo, Fischer, HOCHBERG, Li, Liehr, Migliaccio, MIGLIACCIO, Migliaccio, Migliaccio, Mosmann, Norppa, Papendorp, Parry, Payne, Rajapakse, Saavedra, Sarkaria, Schmitt, Shapiro, Solomon, Song, Stopper, Stopper, Tice, Wassmann, Wu, Yared, Zecevic   +44 more
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Estrogen replacement therapy and cardioprotection: mechanisms and controversies

Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research, 2002
Epidemiological and case-controlled studies suggest that estrogen replacement therapy might be beneficial in terms of primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD).
M.T.R. Subbiah
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Congenital imperforate hymen with hydrocolpos and hydronephrosis associated with severe hydramnios and increase of maternal ovarian steroidogenic enzymes [PDF]

, 2010
This is a clinical research paperStudy Objective: To study clinical features of patient presented with severe hydramnios, associated with hydronephrosis, that was antenatally diagnosed and has been successfully treated immediately after birth.
Foster, H, Goumenou, A, Karamouti, M, Karteris, E   +3 more
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Dual role of estrogens in endometrial cancer

Zdravniški Vestnik, 2014
Increased local concentrations of estrogens are a well-known risk factor for endometrial cancer. Estrogens can act as mitogens via the estrogen receptors, and by forming oxidative metabolites they can act as cancer initiators.
Neli Hevir Kene, Tea Lanišnik Rižner
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Estrogen-modulating treatment among mid-life women and COVID-19 morbidity and mortality: a multiregister nationwide matched cohort study in Sweden

BMC Medicine
Background It has been repeatedly shown that men infected by SARS-CoV-2 face a twofold higher likelihood of dying, being hospitalized or admitted to the intensive care unit compared to women, despite taking into account relevant confounders.
Evangelia Elenis, Helena Kopp Kallner, Maria A. Karalexi, David Hägg, Marie Linder, Katja Fall, Fotios C. Papadopoulos, Alkistis Skalkidou   +7 more
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Environmental Liquid Effluents, A Novel Approach For Treatment Of Industrial Waste Water [PDF]

, 2012
Nutrient enrichment or eutrophication of aquatic ecosystems can cause an increase in algae and aquatic plants, loss of component species, and loss of ecosystem function.
Antal, E. E
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Balance between Estrogens and Proinflammatory Cytokines Regulates Chemokine Production Involved in Thymic Germinal Center Formation

Scientific Reports, 2017
The early-onset form of Myasthenia Gravis (MG) is prevalent in women and associates with ectopic germinal centers (GCs) development and inflammation in the thymus.
Nadine Dragin, Patrice Nancy, José Villegas, Régine Roussin, Rozen Le Panse, Sonia Berrih-Aknin   +5 more
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