Competitive androgen receptor antagonists are used to treat prostate cancer but, even in the presence of such drugs, overexpression of androgen receptors can drive cellular proliferation ...
Prostate cancer hijacks the normal prostate's growth regulation program to release the brakes and grow freely, according to Weill Cornell Medicine researchers. The discovery, published Dec.
The team has reported that androgen receptors are as important for sexual development and fertility in females as in males. Specifically, the researchers found that both male and female chickens ...
and it also blocks androgen receptors in the skin. Estrogen stimulates angiotensin synthesis and enhances aldosterone-mediated water and sodium retention, making it responsible for such unpleasant ...
Bicalutamide (Casodex®, Astra Zeneca, Luton, UK) is a peripherally selective, nonsteroidal antiandrogen that competitively inhibits the action of androgens by binding to androgen receptors in the ...