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Progesterone: A Steroid with Wide Range of Effects in Physiology as Well as Human Medicine
Progesterone is a steroid hormone traditionally linked with female fertility and pregnancy. In current reproductive medicine, progesterone and its analogues play crucial roles.
Lucie Kolátorová +4 more
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Progesterone receptor expression declines in the guinea pig uterus during functional progesterone withdrawal and in response to prostaglandins. [PDF]
Progesterone withdrawal is essential for parturition, but the mechanism of this pivotal hormonal change is unclear in women and other mammals that give birth without a pre-labor drop in maternal progesterone levels.
Toni N Welsh +3 more
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Objective: To determine if weight or body mass index (BMI) affects the serum progesterone level at the time of the pregnancy test in cryopreserved blastocyst transfer cycles and to determine if those serum progesterone levels affect live births.
Rachel M. Whynott, M.D. +4 more
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Role of nuclear progesterone receptor isoforms in uterine pathophysiology
Mohamed A Bedaiwy +2 more
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Objective: In frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles, preparing a synchronous endometrium for the embryo is essential. Aim of this study is to provide individualized luteal support in hormonally replaced FET cycles, and to evaluate mid-luteal serum ...
Gulsen Dogan Durdag +8 more
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Estrogen and Progesterone Receptor Testing in Breast Cancer: ASCO/CAP Guideline Update.
PURPOSE To update key recommendations of the American Society of Clinical Oncology/College of American Pathologists estrogen (ER) and progesterone receptor (PgR) testing in breast cancer guideline. METHODS A multidisciplinary international Expert Panel
K. Allison +21 more
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Key to Life: Physiological Role and Clinical Implications of Progesterone
The most recent studies of progesterone research provide remarkable insights into the physiological role and clinical importance of this hormone. Although the name progesterone itself means “promoting gestation”, this steroid hormone is far more than a ...
Bernadett Nagy +8 more
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Progesterone and breast cancer.
Synthetic progestogens (progestins) have been linked to increased breast cancer risk; however, the role of endogenous progesterone in breast physiology and carcinogenesis is less clearly defined.
B. Trabert +3 more
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Micronized vaginal progesterone to prevent miscarriage: a critical evaluation of randomized evidence
Progesterone is essential for the maintenance of pregnancy. Several small trials have suggested that progesterone supplementation may reduce the risk of miscarriage in women with recurrent or threatened miscarriage.
A. Coomarasamy +29 more
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Maternal exposure to increased steroid hormones, including estrogens, androgens or glucocorticoids during pregnancy results in chronic conditions in offspring that manifest in adulthood.
Katarzyna J. Siemienowicz +6 more
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