1.A collective name for female sex hormones made in the ovaries, which produce female secondary sexual characteristics and stimulate growth of the lining of the uterus. 2.Any of several sex hormones responsible for female sex characteristics; produced in the ovaries and, to lesser degree, in the...
-- In retrospect, perhaps the most startling thing about the hormone therapy study of the Women's Health Initiative was how wrong most experts had been beforehand about the benefits of estrogen in postmenopausal women. WHI documented risks of hormone therapy: investigators look back on the landmar...
Background There are definite gender differences in patients with macular holes.Menopausal women over 50 years are most affected.We aimed to observe the effect of estrogen on collagen gel contraction by cultured human retinal glial cells.It is speculated that estrogen could strengthen the tensile ...
Estrogen receptors are a group of proteins discovered inside cells. They are receptors that are activated by the hormone estrogen (17β-estradiol). Two lessons of estrogen receptor exist: ER, which is a member of the nuclear hormone relatives of intracel
A phase II prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled and multicenter clinical trial to assess the safety of 0.005% estriol vaginal gel in hormone receptor-positive postmenopausal women with early stage breast cancer in treatment with aromatase inhibitor in the adjuvant setting. Oncologist...
Keywords: HRT, estrogen, transdermal gel, cosmetics, subjective impression Full-Text Cite this paper Add to My Lib Abstract: trogen formulations and beauty care practices in Japanese women Original Research (2457) Total Article Views Authors: Takeda T, Wong TF, Kitamura M, Yaegashi N Publish...
Objective: This study aimed to study the efficacy and safety of estrogen plus low-dose testosterone gel in improving sexual function in postmenopausal women. Methods: A double-blind, randomized, active-controlled trial was conducted. Seventy postmenopausal women with low sexual function were randomized...
Estrogens are essential for differentiation, development, and functioning of many target organs in women; however, recent evidence indicates that female sex hormones are also important in male development and physiology, particularly in bone and related tissues. Cardiovascular development and health are ...
(left) are representative immunoblots of MC-38 cells stably transfected with a lentivirus expressingEsr1shRNA (shESR1) or a scrambled sequence (shCTRL) and the mean normalized expression ofEsr1(±s.d.) as compared to beta-actin (n = 3; a complete gel image can be seen in ...
Conjugated estrogens (Premarin) and 17β-estradiol were utilized for in vivo, in situ and in vitro induction protocols in women undergoing gynecologic surgery. Differential incorporations of radiolabelled aminoacids ([ 3H] or [ 14C] leucine), demonstrable by polyacrylamide disc gel electrophoresis, ...