These included genetic models such as androgen receptor knockout mice and chronic androgen exposure in females using dihydrotestosterone (DHT) implants. Subsequently, they analyzed DNA from ...

1Cellular Degradation Biology Center, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea. 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, ...

The androgen receptor (AR) plays a critical role in prostate cancer (PCa) development and progression. Despite the success of androgen-deprivation therapy, remission occurs in almost all cases.

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 ...

A popular biological psychological explanation is the "Extreme Male Brain Theory" (EMB), which suggests that an overdose of prenatal androgen (male hormone) leads to the hyper-masculine brain type ...