Hormone Production Articles & Analysis
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They are fundamental building blocks for cell membranes, crucial for nutrient absorption, and, significantly, the precursors to a powerful class of signaling molecules: steroid hormones. Understanding the deep connection between Lipid Metabolism and these hormones, along with the importance of precise Steroid Hormone Analysis, opens a window into ...
Thyroid hormones play a vital role in regulating various metabolic processes throughout the body, including energy production, body temperature, heart rate, and growth. ...
Octreotide (also known as Sandostatin) is a man-made, synthetic version of the natural hormone somatostatin. It is normally delivered through injection and behaves similarly to somatostatin. Octreotide is often using with NETS as it slows down the production of hormones which helps to control symptoms of carcinoid syndrome. ...
The NOAA Ocean Service Education explained: One reason that estuaries are such productive ecosystems is that the water filtering through them brings in nutrients from the surrounding watershed [T]hat same water often brings with it all of the pollutants that were applied to the lands in the watershed. ...
In the fertility harvesting process, IVF clinicians administer hormones that increase egg production so they can harvest and store multiple eggs in a one-time procedure. Doctors first administer hormone injections to inflate egg production prior to harvesting and storage. ...
Only co‐cultures had the ability to respond to an EDC, trenbolone, similarly to in vivo studies, based upon estradiol, testosterone, and vitellogenin production trends, where lower exposure doses suppressed hormone production but higher doses increased production resulting in distinctive U‐shaped curves. ...
In vivo exposure to either compound lowered expression (nonsignificant) of luteinizing hormone (LHβ) levels in the brain along with significantly down‐regulating the beta isoform of membrane progesterone receptor (mPRβ) in ovary tissue. ...
Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos (F0) were exposed to low concentrations (3, 10, 30 μg/L) of the PBDE mixture DE‐71 until they were sexually mature, and steroid hormone production, expression of genes involved in steroidogenesis, gonadal development and gamete characteristics were examined. Exposure of female zebrafish to DE‐71 resulted in lower estradiol (E2) ...
Because the fraction containing polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorodibenzodioxin/furan, dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane, and several organophosphates did not cause any observable effects on hormone production or a mutagenic response, or were not detected in any of the samples, these compounds could be eliminated as causative agents for the observed effects. ...