Prostate cancer, acne, seborrhea, hirsutism, and androgenic alopecia are well recognized to depend upon an excess or increased sensitivity to androgens or to be at least sensitive to androgens. It thus seems logical to use antiandrogens as therapeutic agents to prevent androgens from binding to the androgen receptor. The two predominant naturally occurring androgens are testosterone (T) and dih...

background the gonadectomy in patients with androgen insensitivity syndrome (ais) has been conventionally performed using laparotomic techniques. but currently several reports have suggested laparoscopic gonadectomy in these patients because of shorter hospital stay and minimal postoperative pain and hemorrhage. objective to report the laparoscopic gonadectomy in 11 patients suffering from andr...

background and objective: determination of hormone receptor status in the management of breast cancer is well-established. the aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of androgen receptor (ar) expression in invasive ductal carcinoma of breast. materials and methods: for this purpose, 55 cases of invasive ductal breast carcinoma were examined using a monoclonal antibody against ar on for...

BACKGROUND Hirsutism is the presence of excess body or facial terminal (coarse) hair growth in females in a male-like pattern, affects 5-15% of women, and is an important sign of underlying androgen excess. Different methods are available for the assessment of hair growth in women. METHODS We conducted a literature search and analyzed the published studies that reported methods for the assess...

background: androgen insensitivity syndrome (ais) or testicular feminization is a partial or complete inability of cell response to androgen. the cause is enzymatic defect in synthesis of testosterone, resulting sexually immature phenotypically female, with primary amenorrhea. there are three categories of ais, complete, partial and mild, depending on the degree of external genital masculinizat...

Polycystic ovary syndrome is a common endocrinopathy characterized by oligo ovulation or anovulation, signs of androgen excess and multiple small ovarian cysts. It includes various metabolic abnormalities: insulin resistance, hyperinsulinemia, impaired glucose tolerance, visceral obesity, inflammation and endothelial dysfunction, hypertension and dyslipidemia. All these metabolic abnormalities ...

Hydrocortisone acetate (HA) is a synthetic corticosteroid and is usually employed in the treatment of classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH), which is a disorder of the adrenal cortex characterized by cortisol deficiency, with or without aldosterone deficiency, and androgen excess [1]. Because five enzymatic steps are involved in cortisol biosynthesis, there are five distinct CAH syndrome...

Prenatal T excess induces maternal hyperinsulinemia, early puberty, and reproductive/metabolic defects in the female similar to those seen in women with polycystic ovary syndrome. This study addressed the organizational/activational role of androgens and insulin in programming pubertal advancement and periovulatory LH surge defects. Treatment groups included the following: 1) control; 2) prenat...

BACKGROUND The expression of the scavenger receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) and various ligands of RAGE correlate significantly with cancer progression. However, the mechanism of RAGE/sRAGE-induced cancer cell activation and ligand usage remain largely unknown. METHODS Androgen-independent, highly invasive, as well as androgen-dependent, non-invasive human prostate carcinom...

BACKGROUND Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) tends to run in families and excess intrauterine androgen exposure has been suggested as one possible cause of PCOS. We wanted to study the relationship between maternal and offspring sex hormone levels and the possible effects of metformin treatment in PCOS pregnancies. METHODS We performed a post hoc analysis of a trial in which 40 pregnant women ...