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are active 11-oxygenated androgens ( 3 ). In particular, 11KT and 11KDHT are able to activate the human androgen receptor (AR) with the same potency as testosterone and DHT. A4 and testosterone can be converted to the estrogens estrone (E1) and
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Introduction Endometriosis is a debilitating, chronic, inflammatory, progressive, estrogen-dependent disease characterized by the presence of endometrial tissues outside the uterine cavity, presenting clinically as dysmenorrhea, dyspareunia
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history of progesterone development. Oral progestin products were initially contaminated with mestranol, a form of estrogen. Subsequent clinical trials indicated that women experienced unscheduled bleeding (bleeding which occurs during use of active
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below individual LOAEL, if there is enough overall exposure (93) . Indeed, a combination of estrogenic ED at environmentally relevant doses was shown to lead to greater cellular disruption than single ED exposure (94) . Furthermore, a study addressing
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estrogens E1 and E2. In addition, testosterone can be metabolized to the highly potent androgen DHT by 5α-reductase ( 1 , 5 ). However, a more comprehensive description of the complex metabolism of steroids in the brain can be found elsewhere ( 6 ). Sex
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function that is linked to decreased estradiol production. In this context, estrogens are used for hormone therapy to prevent the development of metabolic disorders ( 2 , 3 ). It has been shown that although estrogen hormone replacement therapy has many