Finasteride Blocks Progesterone Synthesis in MA-10 Leydig Tumor Cells

    October 1993 in “ Endocrinology ”
    D.A. Freeman, Peter Gocze, Z. Porpaczy
    Studysummary In this study, researchers found that finasteride inhibits progesterone synthesis by blocking cholesterol side-chain cleavage in mouse-derived MA-10 Leydig cells, but this effect may not be evident in human or rat cells.
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