Revisiting the roles of progesterone and allopregnanolone in the nervous system: Resurgence of the progesterone receptors [PDF]
, 2014 Progesterone is commonly considered as a female reproductive hormone and is well-known for its role in pregnancy. It is less well appreciated that progesterone and its metabolite allopregnanolone are also male hormones, as they are produced in both sexes
Ghoumari, Abdel M. +7 more
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Immunohistochemical study of androgen, estrogen and progesterone receptors in salivary gland tumors
Brazilian Oral Research, 2009 The aim of this work was to study the immunohistochemical expression of androgen receptor, estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor in pleomorphic adenomas, Warthin's tumors, mucoepidermoid carcinomas and adenoid cystic carcinomas of salivary glands ...
Fabio Augusto Ito +4 more
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Characterization of signalling cross-talk between the EP2 and FP receptors in endometrial epithelial cells [PDF]
, 2009 Uterine fibroids are benign tumors that arise from the smooth-muscle uterine cells (myometrium) and are the most common uterine disorder occurring in as many as 30% of women over 35 years of age. Despite their frequent occurrence, the etiology of uterine
Abera, Aron Berhanie
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São Paulo Medical JournalCONTEXT: Diagnostic staging is an important prognostic factor for endometrial adenocarcinoma. Apart from the histological type and histological grade, some markers seem to be associated with the stage and biological behavior of the disease.
Vera Lúcia Leite Bonfitto +1 more
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The roles of sex steroid receptor coregulators in cancer
Molecular Cancer, 2002 Sex steroid hormones, estrogen, progesterone and androgen, play pivotal roles in sex differentiation and development, and in reproductive functions and sexual behavior.
Loggie Brian W, Gao Xiuhua, Nawaz Zafar
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Progesterone receptors:animal models and cell signalling in breast cancer. Diverse activation pathways for the progesterone receptor: possible implications for breast biology and cancer [PDF]
, 2002 Progesterone and estradiol, and their nuclear receptors, play essential roles in the physiology of the reproductive tract, the mammary gland and the nervous system.
Lanari, Claudia Lee Malvina +1 more
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CLINICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF BREAST CANCER WITH STEROID RECEPTORS EXPRESSION AND HER2 AMPLIFICATION
Креативная хирургия и онкология, 2017 Since the middle of the previous century the heterogeneity of breast cancer became absolutely evident. This assumption was historically based on differences in clinical behavior and sensitivity to therapy.
F. V. Moiseenko +9 more
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Insights from the Structure of Estrogen Receptor into the Evolution of Estrogens: Implications for Endocrine Disruption [PDF]
, 2011 In the last decade, there has been important progress in understanding the origins and evolution of receptors for adrenal steroids (aldosterone, cortisol) and sex steroids (estradiol, progesterone, testosterone) due to the sequencing of genomes from ...
Michael E. Baker
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Maternal serum progesterone levels and placental expression of progesterone receptors in insulin-resistant pregnant rats [PDF]
, 2020 Background: Maternal diabetes is known to impair placental function; however, its effect on placental expression of progesterone/oestrogen receptors and role of the placenta in foetal programming has not been well documented.
Ogunsola, O.A. +3 more
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Mathematical analysis of a model for the growth of the bovine corpus luteum [PDF]
, 2013 The corpus luteum (CL) is an ovarian tissue that grows in the wound space created by follicular rupture. It produces the progesterone needed in the uterus to maintain pregnancy.
Mann, George +11 more
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