Testosterone is often thought of as a “male sex hormone” because it is essential to the development of male growth1—regulating sex drive, muscle mass, sexual function, and fat distribution. However, testosterone also exists in women, playing an important role in supporting a healthy sexual de...
摘自网址:https://www.healthline.com/health/high-testosterone-in-women 高睾酮的妇女 睾酮是一种雄性激素,或雄激素,在女性的卵巢中少量产生。结合雌激素,女性荷尔蒙,睾丸激素有助于女性生殖组织,骨量和人类行为的生长,维持和修复。 根据梅奥诊所,女性睾酮水平的正常范围是: 男性的范围更高,取决于年龄: 女性体内睾...
Women with normal-weight bulimia nervosa ( n = 11) displayed significantly higher serum levels of free testosterone than age-matched controls (6.0 ± 0.7 vs 3.9 ± 0.8 pmol/l; P = 0.03). The possible importance of androgens, in women, for the pathophysiology of conditions characterized by ...
High Testosterone Levels in Women If your body produces too much testosterone, you may have irregular or absent periods. You may also have more body and facial hair than the average woman. Some women with hightestosteronelevels develop frontal balding. Other possible effects include acne, an enlar...
To investigate the potential involvement of theca cells in the elevated testosterone levels of HFHS mice, we measured the thickness of the ovarian theca cell layers in antral follicles (Fig. 4C). We found that the thickness of the theca cell layer was significantly increased in HFHS mice ...
Testosterone is considered to be the "male hormone" that's produced in men by the testes. Although women's ovaries produce some testosterone, the hormone is produced in much higher concentrations in men and it is responsible for many of the secondary sex characteristics seen in men such as ...
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Interference in direct immunoassay is an important cause of spuriously high testosterone levels in women and serum testosterone measurement by LC-MS is mandatory for optimal clinical interpretation. Although, the exact interferent is not known, DHEA-S has been suggested be partly responsible and furthe...
Testosterone levels in mature females remain low and are similar to those in boys during early stages of puberty (49), but the increased estrogens appear to override the androgen effect on HDL particle degradation. In contrast, boys have an in- crease in testosterone at age 11 y (50) and ...
Early-life exposure to testosterone programs the hypothalamic melanocortin system. Endocrinology. 2011;152:1661–9. Article CAS Google Scholar Wang C, He Y, Xu P, Yang Y, Saito K, Xia Y, et al. TAp63 contributes to sexual dimorphism in POMC neuron functions and energy homeostasis. Nat ...