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June 2024 in “Journal of Autoimmunity” This study found that in rheumatoid arthritis patients, inflammatory macrophages activate steroid metabolism to increase glucocorticoid and androgen production, which helps suppress inflammation and attenuate hyperproliferation in synovial fibroblasts, with notable disturbances seen in postmenopausal women due to diminished inactive steroid precursors.
This research explores the pathogenesis of benign prostatic hyperplasia and evaluates the combined effect of finasteride and anastrozole in treating BPH in a rat model, but reports no new results yet.
This study is designed to explore the pathogenesis of BPH and assess the effectiveness of combining finasteride and anastrozole as a treatment in rats, with a focus on genetic polymorphisms and hormone regulation.
This study found that combining finasteride and anastrozole was more effective in preventing and treating benign prostatic hyperplasia in rats than using either drug alone.
June 2013 in “Vestnik dermatologii i venerologii” This study found that women with androgenic alopecia often have increased dihydrotestosterone levels, suggesting potentially enhanced activity of 5-alpha-reductase, with the saliva free testosterone level providing valuable hormonal background information.
