steroid hormone


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steroid hormone

One of the sex hormones and hormones of the adrenal cortex.
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Steroid hormones are synthesized from cholesterol through a cascade of cytochrome P450 enzymes that oxidize, hydroxylate, and rearrange the cholesterol backbone into specific steroids with unique biological activities.
Steroid hormone testing in different body fluids
Previously, we demonstrated that steroid hormones are crucial in maintaining the normal morphology and growth of MSCs (Lee et al., 2007).
Effect of sex steroid hormones on bovine myogenic satellite cell proliferation, differentiation and lipid accumulation in myotube
It has been shown that the receptors for other steroid hormones have the ability to turn genes on and off only when linked with another receptor, which in vertebrates is known to be the receptor for retinoic acid, a form of Vitamin A.
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Studies on the effects of contaminants on steroid hormone metabolism can indicate those contaminants threatening fish, ie.
Managing the ocean's resources
New Delhi [India] Sep 12 ( ANI ): DHEA (dehydroepiandrosterone), also known as the youth hormone is an adrenal steroid hormone in the body synthesized by the adrenal glands, which are then converted into androgens, estrogen, and other hormones.
Youth hormone necessary for conceiving after 40
An example for such mediators is steroid hormones [1,5].
Study of relationship among androgenic hormones and dermatophytosis due to microsporium canis
Pregnenolone is considered the "mother of all steroids," as it is at the top of the steroid hormone tree and may be converted to anything downstream (cortisol, estrogen, testosterone, DHEA, etc.).
Urinary hormones
Other feminizing effects of WwTW effluents include altered sex steroid hormone levels in adult and juvenile fish (Folmar et al.
Assessing the sensitivity of different life stages for sexual disruption in roach (Rutilus rutilus) exposed to effluents from wastewater treatment works
He said the most common problem was lack of sexual desire which he believed was a result of sex steroid hormone levels 'going haywire
Pill 'ruins women's sex lives
PSA is increased by the male sex steroid hormone, testosterone.
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Rapid steroid hormone immunoassays often agree poorly, especially at normal and low concentrations (1-4).
Limitations of steroid determination by direct immunoassay
I was distressed to read that SCIENCE NEWS thinks there are no steroid hormone receptors in insects ("Ancient estrogen," SN: 8/11/01, p.
Insects on steroids

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