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Measuring serum oestrogen levels in breast cancer survivors using vaginal oestrogens: a systematic review
PurposeVaginal oestrogens can be used to treat genitourinary symptoms in women with early breast cancer. Studies evaluating vaginal oestrogens have...
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Amniotic and Allantoic Fluid Levels of Oestrogens at Different Stages of Development in the Goat
During our studies on certain aspects of reproduction in the goat ( Lyngset 1971) we collected several samples of foetal fluid which were stored in...
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The G protein-coupled oestrogen receptor GPER in health and disease: an update
Oestrogens and their receptors contribute broadly to physiology and diseases. In premenopausal women, endogenous oestrogens protect against...
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Foetal oestrogens and autism
Elevated latent prenatal steroidogenic activity has been found in the amniotic fluid of autistic boys, based on measuring prenatal androgens and...
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Sexual hormones monitoring in surface waters and wastewaters from Northern Italy by thin film microextraction coupled with HPLC–MS/MS
The occurrence of sex steroid hormones, viz. oestrogens and progestins, in aquatic ecosystems is of global concern due to their role as endocrine...
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Androgen and Oestrogen Signalling Pathways in Prostate Hyperplastic Tissues: Opportunities for Therapeutic Targeting from Multiple Angles
Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), a non-malignant neoplasm in ageing men, is the most frequent cause of urinary flow obstructions at the bladder...
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Mechanisms and consequences of sex differences in immune responses
Biological sex differences refer to differences between males and females caused by the sex chromosome complement (that is, XY or XX), reproductive...
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Urinary oestrogen steroidome as an indicator of the risk of localised prostate cancer progression
BackgroundProstate cancer (PCa) is the most common cancer in North American men. Beyond the established contribution of androgens to disease...
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Androgen receptor function and targeted therapeutics across breast cancer subtypes
Despite significant progress in breast cancer (BC) therapy, it is globally the most commonly diagnosed cancer and leads to the death of over 650,000...
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Epidemiology of Breast Cancer
Breast cancer (BC) is the second most frequently diagnosed type of cancer worldwide. Globally 2.3 million women were diagnosed with BC in 2020 and it...
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Variations in the Content of Plant Oestrogens in Red Clover-Timothy-Grass during the Growing Season
The investigation concerned variations in the plant oestrogen content of red clover-timothy swards receiving the same basic fertilization, but with...
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Sex hormones in SARS-CoV-2 susceptibility: key players or confounders?
Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection has a clear sex disparity in clinical outcomes. Hence, the interaction between...
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Clinical pregnancy rate for frozen embryo transfer with HRT: a randomized controlled pilot study comparing 1 week versus 2 weeks of oestradiol priming
Research questionDoes a frozen-embryo transfer in an artificially-prepared endometrium (FET-HRT) cycle yield similar clinical pregnancy rate with...
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Hormones
The human body’s functions are very much dependent on hormones, which act as messengers between the different organs. It is important to understand...
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Genitourinary symptoms in women with breast cancer: what do oncology health professionals think and do about them?
ObjectivesWe aimed to improve understanding of health professional knowledge and management of genitourinary symptoms (GUS) in women with early...
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Female Reproductive Systems: Hormone Dependence and Receptor Expression
The female reproductive system which consists of the ovaries, uterus (myometrium, endometrium), Fallopian tubes, cervix and vagina is exquisitely...
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Lack of association between CYB5A gene rs1790834 polymorphism and the response to leflunomide in women with rheumatoid arthritis
AimLeflunomide is a disease-modifying antirheumatic drug used in therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Previous studies indicated that oestrogens...
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Oromandibular dystonia: from onset to spread a multicenter italian study
BackgroundDetailed information about the epidemiological and phenomenological differences among the aetiological subtypes of oromandibular dystonia...
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Prolactin promotes a partial recovery from the atrophy of both male and female gerbil prostates caused by castration
BackgroundThe male and female prostates are controlled by steroid hormones, suffering important morphological and physiological changes after...
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Metabolic pathways in obesity-related breast cancer
This Review focuses on the mechanistic evidence for a link between obesity, dysregulated cellular metabolism and breast cancer. Strong evidence now...
