Sentences with phrase «promoting effects of estrogen»

The cancer promoting effects of estrogen on breast tissue are restricted by lignan compounds which bind to estrogen receptors.

Despite strong support for the proliferative and growth - promoting effects of estrogens on mammary epithelial cells from animal and experimental studies (78, 79), previous studies on the associations between estrogens and breast density showed largely null or inconsistent results.

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Moreover, estrogen can exert direct effects on fat tissue by enhancing proliferation of preadipocytes, especially in females (232), and by up - regulating sc α2A - adrenergic receptors promoting SAT accumulation, notably in premenopausal women (233).

Over-inhibition of 5AR results in increased availability of testosterone, which may be shunted, via aromatase, to estradiol, causing «feminization,» e.g., gynecomastia, one of the side effects of 5AR inhibitor drugs; and decreased production of not only 5α - DHT, but its metabolites, 5α - Androstane - 3α - 17β - diol (aka 3α - adiol, a storage form of 5α - DHT), and 5α - Androstane - 3β - 17β - diol (aka 3β - adiol), an estrogen receptor beta (ERβ) ligand that promotes normal cellular differentiation, thus lessening risk of benign prostatic hypertrophy and prostate cancer.22, 23, 24

Towards the end of pregnancy, estrogen promotes the growth of milk ducts within the breasts and enhances the effect of prolactin (the major hormone responsible for lactation in the female).

In other laboratory studies, ellagic acid seems to reduce the effect of estrogen hormone in women in promoting growth of breast cancer cells in tissue cultures.

In addition, I3C inhibits formation of 4 - hydroxyestrogen, another potent estrogen possessing growth - promoting effects that has a strong affinity for estrogen receptors (43).

While pesticides chemicals have a number of different effects on our bodies, one of the scariest is that they mimic estrogen; it's like giving us a shot of female hormones, which undermines our ability to build lean muscle and promotes fat storage.