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Androgens

Known as: Receptor Agonists, Androgen, Androgen Receptor Agonists, Therapeutic Androgen 
Compounds that interact with ANDROGEN RECEPTORS in target tissues to bring about the effects similar to those of TESTOSTERONE. Depending on the… (More)

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1936-2017
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Adrenal CortexAndrogen AntagonistsAndrogen Metabolism ProcessAndrogen Receptor
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AndrostanesGonadal Steroid HormonesSteroid hormone

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Androgens
physiological aspects
Testosterone
Steroid hormone
Gonadal Steroid Hormones
Placenta

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Review
2016
Review
2016
Molecular mechanisms underlying resistance to androgen deprivation therapy in prostate cancer
Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most widely diagnosed male cancer in the Western World and while low- and intermediate-risk PCa… (More)
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Review
2014
Review
2014
Modulation of Androgen Receptor by FOXA1 and FOXO1 Factors in Prostate Cancer
Androgens and the androgen receptor (AR) are essential for growth and differentiation of the normal prostate gland as well as… (More)
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
A novel androgen receptor splice variant is up-regulated during prostate cancer progression and promotes androgen depletion-resistant growth.
The androgen receptor (AR) plays a key role in progression to incurable androgen ablation-resistant prostate cancer (PCA). We… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Maintenance of intratumoral androgens in metastatic prostate cancer: a mechanism for castration-resistant tumor growth.
Therapy for advanced prostate cancer centers on suppressing systemic androgens and blocking activation of the androgen receptor… (More)
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Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Androgen levels increase by intratumoral de novo steroidogenesis during progression of castration-resistant prostate cancer.
Although systemic androgen deprivation prolongs life in advanced prostate cancer, remissions are temporary because patients… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Increased expression of genes converting adrenal androgens to testosterone in androgen-independent prostate cancer.
Androgen receptor (AR) plays a central role in prostate cancer, and most patients respond to androgen deprivation therapies, but… (More)
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Highly Cited
2006
Highly Cited
2006
Diabetes and cardiovascular disease during androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer.
PURPOSE Androgen deprivation therapy with a gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist is associated with increased fat mass… (More)
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
The androgen axis in recurrent prostate cancer.
PURPOSE Prostate cancer that recurs during androgen deprivation therapy is referred to as androgen-independent. High levels of… (More)
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Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Androgens decrease plasma adiponectin, an insulin-sensitizing adipocyte-derived protein.
Adiponectin, an adipose-specific secretory protein, exhibits antidiabetic and antiatherogenic properties. In the present study… (More)
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Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Distribution of androgen and estrogen receptor mRNA-containing cells in the rat brain: an in situ hybridization study.
The distribution of cells that express mRNA encoding the androgen (AR) and estrogen (ER) receptors was examined in adult male and… (More)
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