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energy homeostasis to modulate appetite in response to signals by blood-borne hormones and peptides from adipose tissue and gastrointestinal organs in a complicated process ( 13 , 40 ). Allopregnanolone is not a classical steroid hormone and does not
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Introduction Androgenic gonadal steroid hormones exert effects on both human autoimmune disease and the corresponding animal models. In an experimental mouse model of human systemic lupus erythematosus, females acquire fatal renal disease while
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40%, respectively, higher in men than in women ( 1 ). Since the Women’s Health Initiative in 1991 ( 2 ), and several epidemiological studies, the ovarian steroids were considered protectors against the development of CRC. Different studies in animal
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years before developing physical signs, children undergo conspicuous changes in the blood levels of sex hormones. Usually, an increase in circulating adrenal steroids (‘adrenarche’) occurs at 7 or 8 years of age in children of both sexes ( 1 , 2 , 3
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suggested to influence several extra-glycemic, metabolic, and endocrinological parameters, such as the sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG). SHBG is a glycoprotein produced in the liver, which regulates the bioavailability of sex steroids for target tissues
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( 1 ). For ethical and experimental reasons, a growing number of researchers tend to use non-invasive techniques for steroid hormone level assessments in wild and captive vertebrates ( 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ). Among the non-invasive matrices, the faeces are
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steroid biosynthesis and action, gonadotropic secretion and action, folliculogenesis, weight and energy regulation and insulin action ( 13 ). In this review, we aimed to provide an overview of the main genetic polymorphisms that were found or
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Introduction Sex steroids are important for the maintenance of healthy skin. Based on studies on older women, sex steroids in skin regulate the collagen content and the synthesis of hyaluronic acid ( 1 ). Estrogen-conjugated cream applied to
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women compared to only two of the eleven premenopausal women ( P = 0.08). There was no significant correlation between any other clinical features of HA. Figure 1 Percentage of patients with each symptom. Figure 2 Steroid cell tumor
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major steroid products in the fetal zone, namely DHEA and DHEA sulfate (DHEAS), which serve as estrogen precursors essential for the maintenance of pregnancy ( 5 , 6 ). Onset of zonal differential steroidogenic activity and strong remodeling of the