Endocrine Abstracts

Androgen stimulation triggers rapid activation of signaling pathways in target cells. The initial event is a rapid interaction of classical androgen receptor (AR) with Src. Activation of these pathways fosters cell cycle, prevents apoptosis and leads to cytoskeleton changes in reproductive as well as non-reproductive cells. The role of Src activation in the androgen proliferative action has been recently corroborated by findings showing that specific interference in Src/AR ass...

Human placenta expresses a large variety of regulatory factors which are involved in the control of local hormone production, throughout paracrine and/or autocrine mechanisms. Their action may occur in the same tissue where they originate, as well as in the contiguous tissues (fetal membranes, uterus).By using primary cultures, cell lines, or tissue explants (incubated or perifused) it has been shown that neuropeptides, growth factors, cytokines modulate...