Search for dissertations about: "androgen ablation"

Showing result 6 - 7 of 7 swedish dissertations containing the words androgen ablation.

  2. 6. Exploring vitamin D and steroid hormone receptors – from healthy elderly to prostate cancer cells

    Author : Maria Araceli Diaz Cruz; Maria Faresjö; Dennis Larsson Dennis Larsson; Johan Staaf; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; vitamin D; steroid hormone receptors; lifestyle; methylation; SNPs; healthy elderly; prostate cancer cells; crosstalk; PDIA3;

    Abstract : The genetic background together with environmental factors and lifestyle are key contributors to the health of an individual. Genetic background is inherited and irreversible unless mutations occur. However, lifestyle habits (i.e. READ MORE

  4. 7. Estrogen receptor b in the urogenital tract of both male and female

    Author : Zhang Weihua; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The central finding of this thesis is that estrogen receptors regulate androgen receptor expression: ERalpha unpregulates AR and ERbeta down-regulates AR. With this theme, we explored the physiological role of an ER-AR pathway, especially ERbeta-AR, in some urogenital tissues, uterus, ovary and prostate, using ERbeta knockout mice. READ MORE