Development of a Magnetic Molecularly Imprinted Microsphere-Based Signal Amplified Semi-Homogeneous Method for Multidetection of Five Progestins in Milk [PDF]
Foods, 2023 The residues of progestins in milk are significant risk factors for teenage acne and may cause hormone-dependent cancers in consumers, so the determination of these residues in milk is very important.
Yan Su +4 more
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Hormonal Contraception and Bone Metabolism: Emerging Evidence from a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Studies on Post-Pubertal and Reproductive-Age Women [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsBackground/Objectives: This study aims to assess the effects of combined hormonal contraceptives (CHCs) on bone metabolism markers. It primarily measures osteocalcin and additionally examines other bone health markers, seeking to determine their ...
Alice Tassi +7 more
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Estrogens, Progestins, and Headache
Pediatric Neurology Briefs, 1991 Approaches to the therapy of hormone-related headaches are reviewed from the Department of Neurology, Temple University School of Medicine and the Comprehensive Headache Center at Germantown Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, and the Reproductive Endocrine Unit,
J Gordon Millichap
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Hormonal Treatment of Endometriosis: A Narrative Review [PDF]
PharmaceuticalsBackground: Endometriosis is one of the most common gynecological diseases, affecting up to 10–15% of women of reproductive age. It is a chronic, estrogen-dependent condition that often presents with heterogeneous symptoms, complicating diagnosis and ...
Elvin Piriyev +2 more
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Fourth-Generation Progestins Inhibit 3β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 2 and Modulate the Biosynthesis of Endogenous Steroids. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2016 Progestins used in contraception and hormone replacement therapy are synthetic compounds designed to mimic the actions of the natural hormone progesterone and are classed into four consecutive generations.
Renate Louw-du Toit +4 more
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Frontiers in Endocrinology, 2022 Progestins, synthetic compounds designed to mimic the activity of natural progesterone (P4), are used globally in menopausal hormone therapy. Although the older progestins medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA) and norethisterone (NET) have been implicated in
Meghan S. Perkins +4 more
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Progestins as Anticancer Drugs and Chemosensitizers, New Targets and Applications
Pharmaceutics, 2021 Progesterone and its synthetic analogues, progestins, participate in the regulation of cell differentiation, proliferation and cell cycle progression.
Tatiana A. Fedotcheva +2 more
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Contraceptive progestins with androgenic properties stimulate breast epithelial cell proliferation
EMBO Molecular Medicine, 2021 Hormonal contraception exposes women to synthetic progesterone receptor (PR) agonists, progestins, and transiently increases breast cancer risk. How progesterone and progestins affect the breast epithelium is poorly understood because we lack adequate ...
Marie Shamseddin +14 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2023 A comparative analysis of the cytostatic effects of progestins (gestobutanoyl, megestrol acetate, amol, dienogest, and medroxyprogesterone acetate), glucocorticoids (hydrocortisone, dexamethasone), and diclofenac on tumor cells was carried out in order ...
Darya Ulchenko +4 more
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Effects of oral contraceptives on metabolic parameters in adult premenopausal women: a meta-analysis
Endocrine Connections, 2020 Objective: To estimate the effect of oral contraceptives (OC) containing di fferent progestins on parameters of lipid and carbohydrate metabolism through a systematic review and meta-analysis. Patients and methods: Premenopausal women aged 18 or older,
Lina S Silva-Bermudez +6 more
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