antiandrogens/necrosis

BACKGROUND One of the mechanisms through which prostate cancers relapse during anti-androgen therapy may involve adaptation to low concentrations of androgen induced by anti-androgen therapies. Recent studies from our laboratory have reported that tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNFalpha) is secreted

Recently, cases of liver damage and liver tumors have been reported after treatment of prostate cancer patients with the antiandrogen cyproterone acetate (CPA). In rat liver, CPA initiates a wave of DNA synthesis that is accompanied by apoptosis. In apoptotic hepatocytes, a latent form of

The aim of this study was to investigate whether the androgens testosterone and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) and the antiandrogenic fungicide vinclozolin (Vnz) exert proapoptotic effects on porcine granulosa cells (GCs), and to examine the roles of these compounds in follicular atresia. Granulosa cells

A short-term reproduction assay with the fathead minnow (Pimephales promelas) has been developed to detect chemicals with the potential to disrupt reproductive endocrine function controlled by estrogen- and androgen-mediated pathways. The objective of this study was to use the assay to characterize

The effects of suspected endocrine disrupting chemicals on freshwater and marine prosobranch species were analysed in laboratory experiments. In this last of three publications, the responses of the fresh water snail Marisa cornuarietis and of two marine prosobranchs (Nucella lapillus, Nassarius

Androgen deficiency during prenatal development may affect the expression of genes involved in the folliculogenesis regulation. In order to study the effect of antiandrogen on fetal ovarian development, pregnant gilts were injected with flutamide (for 7 days, 50 mg/kg bodyweight per day) or corn oil

Weekly application of the antiandrogen cyproteron acetate (CA) to 3 adult (group 1, treatment starting 3 weeks prior to the rut) and 4 subadult (group 2, treatment starting after the rut) fallow bucks led to premature antler casting after about 9 weeks (group 1) or 16 to 17 days (group 2). Variation

We report the case histories of two patients with histologically confirmed adenocarcinoma of the prostate, both of whom had been treated with steroidal anti-androgen therapy in the form of cyproterone acetate prior to radical or palliative pelvic irradiation, and who subsequently developed femoral

Flutamide (FLU), an oral, nonsteroidal antiandrogen drug used in the treatment of prostate cancer, is associated with idiosyncratic hepatotoxicity that sometimes causes severe liver damage, including cholestasis, jaundice, and liver necrosis. To understand the mechanism of toxicity, a combination of

Androgen/androgen receptor (AR) signaling plays pivotal roles in the prostate development and homeostasis as well as in the progression of prostate cancer (PCa). Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) with anti-androgens remains as the main treatment for later stage PCa, and it has been shown to

While androgens clearly have significant skeletal effects, the paracrine mediators of androgen action on bone are at present unclear. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) is a candidate cytokine that is produced by osteoblastic lineage cells and promotes osteoclastogenesis and bone resorption. Here, we assessed

Thalidomide is a teratogenic/hypnotic/sedative agent which elicits a wide range of pharmaceutical/biological activities. The diversity of its biological activities suggested that the drug might be useful as a multi-template for development of various kinds of biologically active compounds. We

A 65-year-old male with a history of diabetes, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, gout, Barrett esophagitis, and chronic gastritis developed acute pancreatitis after taking one week of the herbal medicine, saw palmetto, for symptoms related to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Ultrasound and computed

OBJECTIVE Androgen ablation therapy leads to mild regression or stabilization of prostate cancer, followed by progression to the fatal androgen-independent state. Whereas androgen ablation diminishes tumor angiogenesis by suppressing vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) production,

Dear Editor, Scleroderma associated with neoplasia is rare, with only a small number of cases reported. We describe 4 patients with paraneoplastic scleroderma who were treated at the I. Department of Dermatovenereology, St. Anna Hospital, during the period between 2004 and 2014. The patients were