Sex hormone signaling and regulation of immune function

JP Hoffmann, JA Liu, K Seddu, SL Klein - Immunity, 2023 - cell.com
Immune responses to antigens, including innocuous, self, tumor, microbial, and vaccine
antigens, differ between males and females. The quest to uncover the mechanisms for …

The PI3K-AKT-mTOR pathway and prostate cancer: at the crossroads of AR, MAPK, and WNT signaling

BY Shorning, MS Dass, MJ Smalley… - International journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Oncogenic activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3-kinase (PI3K), protein kinase B
(PKB/AKT), and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) pathway is a frequent event in …

The adverse health effects of bisphenol A and related toxicity mechanisms

Y Ma, H Liu, J Wu, L Yuan, Y Wang, X Du, R Wang… - Environmental …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bisphenol A (BPA) is an industrial component commonly used in synthesis of polycarbonate
plastics, epoxy resin and other polymer materials. Due to its mass productions and …

Basics of androgen synthesis and action

RN Elzenaty, T Du Toit, CE Flück - Best Practice & Research Clinical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Androgens are essential sex steroid hormones for both sexes. Testosterone (T) is the
predominant androgen in males, while in adult females, T concentrations are about 15-fold …

[HTML][HTML] Androgen receptor degradation by the proteolysis-targeting chimera ARCC-4 outperforms enzalutamide in cellular models of prostate cancer drug resistance

J Salami, S Alabi, RR Willard, NJ Vitale, J Wang… - Communications …, 2018 - nature.com
The androgen receptor is a major driver of prostate cancer and inhibition of its transcriptional
activity using competitive antagonists, such as enzalutamide remains a frontline therapy for …

Bisphenol A (BPA) and cell signaling pathways

M Murata, JH Kang - Biotechnology advances, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Bisphenol A (BPA; 4, 4′-isopropylidenediphenol) is an endocrine disruptor that is
used as a material for the production of phenol resins, polyacrylates, polyesters, epoxy …

The roles of androgens in humans: biology, metabolic regulation and health

M Alemany - International journal of molecular sciences, 2022 - mdpi.com
Androgens are an important and diverse group of steroid hormone molecular species. They
play varied functional roles, such as the control of metabolic energy fate and partition, the …

Lupeol and its derivatives as anticancer and anti-inflammatory agents: Molecular mechanisms and therapeutic efficacy

K Liu, X Zhang, L **e, M Deng, H Chen, J Song… - Pharmacological …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lupeol is a natural triterpenoid that widely exists in edible fruits and vegetables, and
medicinal plants. In the last decade, a plethora of studies on the pharmacological activities …

Sex differences in blood pressure regulation and hypertension: renal, hemodynamic, and hormonal mechanisms

ER Drury, J Wu, JC Gigliotti, TH Le - Physiological Reviews, 2024 - journals.physiology.org
The teleology of sex differences has been argued since at least as early as Aristotle's
controversial Generation of Animals more than 300 years BC, which reflects the sex bias of …

Prostate cancer and PARP inhibitors: progress and challenges

D Teyssonneau, H Margot, M Cabart… - Journal of Hematology & …, 2021 - Springer
Despite survival improvements achieved over the last two decades, prostate cancer remains
lethal at the metastatic castration-resistant stage (mCRPC) and new therapeutic approaches …