Sentences with phrase «because androgen receptors»

NINDS is interested because androgen receptors play a role in neurodegenerative disease.

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Researchers believed that galeterone could be effective against CRPC because it disrupts the androgen receptor signalling pathways that are involved in the cancer, and preclinical work has shown it is active against the AR - V7 variant.

Primarily because the chief mechanism of action has to do with the blockade of DHT receptors and not an overall reduction in production of androgens.

This is because these areas of the body are quite dense in androgen receptors, which are proteins in cells that respond to various hormones (including anabolic hormones like testosterone).

Many of my clients find their hormone levels are normal, and this just means that their breasts are more sensitive to estrogen and / or less sensitive to testosterone because of estrogen / androgen receptor abnormalities.

As the drug enters your system, it breaks down itself into small molecules that is enough to pass through your body's cell mainly because as mentioned earlier, every cell in our body have receptors for steroids called androgen receptor which is where the steroid molecules bind.

Many of the effects we describe here also happen because DHEA activates the androgen and estrogen receptors and acts to increase nitric - oxide (NO) production and cardiovascular health.

«We think some women may get more vulvar dryness with birth control pills because the pills are blocking male sex hormones called androgens, and the vulva has androgen receptors.»