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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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The effects of androgens on steroidogensis in the ovary of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) : mechanism of action, the biochemical characterization of a membrane androgen receptor, and the chronic effects of exposure to an environmental antiandrogen /

Braun, Alyssa Maria, January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-138). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.
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The effects of androgens on steroidogenesis in the ovary of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) mechanism of action, the biochemical characterization of a membrane androgen receptor, and the chronic effects of exposure to an environmental antiandrogen /

Braun, Alyssa Maria, January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2002. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI Company.
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The effects of androgens on steroidogenesis in the ovary of Atlantic croaker (Micropogonias undulatus) : mechanism of action, the biochemical characterization of a membrane androgen receptor, and the chronic effects of exposure to an environmental antiandrogen

Braun, Alyssa Maria, 1974- 18 April 2011 (has links)
Not available / text
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Disrupting protein-protein interactions in the amino-terminal domain of the androgen receptor : design, characterization and effects of peptide inhibitors

Orafidiya, Folake January 2015 (has links)
No description available.
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Resistance exercise in men receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer

Galvão, Daniel Abido. January 2006 (has links)
Thesis (Ph.D.)--Edith Cowan University, 2006. / Submitted to the Faculty of Communications, Health and Science. Includes bibliographical references.
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Effects of exposure to environmentally-relevant levels of bisphenol A on mouse reproductive physiology and maternal behavior /

Howdeshell, Kembra L. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-120). Also available on the Internet.
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Effects of exposure to environmentally-relevant levels of bisphenol A on mouse reproductive physiology and maternal behavior

Howdeshell, Kembra L. January 2002 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002. / Typescript. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 105-120). Also available on the Internet.
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Structural characterization of androgen receptor interactions with nonsteroidal ligands

Bohl, Casey Edward. January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2005. / Available online via OhioLINK's ETD Center; full text release delayed at author's request until 2006 May 17.
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A prostata ventral do gerbilo frente as diferentes formas de castração e subsequente reposição hormonal pela testosterona

Oliveira, Sergio Marcelino de 10 September 2005 (has links)
Orientador: Sebastião Roberto Taboga / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Instituto de Biologia / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-05T05:29:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Oliveira_SergioMarcelinode_M.pdf: 12006470 bytes, checksum: 547b281190b6caa03f46345dc834ee3e (MD5) Previous issue date: 2005 / Resumo: A próstata é uma glândula exócrina túbulo-alveolar composta, do sistema genital masculino, que secreta parte do líquido seminal. Sua diferenciação dá-se no início do desenvolvimento embrionário e termina na puberdade, sendo que a testosterona (T) tem papel fundamental no seu desenvolvimento e em sua manutenção, após sua conversão pela enzima 5a.-redutase para uma isoforma cerca de 10 vezes mais potente, a dihidrotestosterona (DHT). Uma série de doenças podem acometer a próstata, dentre elas o câncer e a Hiperplasia Benigna Prostática (HBP), e a principal forma de controle dessas doenças é a diminuição dos níveis séricos de T, que pode ser conseguida através da castração cirúrgica (orquiectomia) e da administração de antiandrógenos (castração química). Algumas das drogas mais usadas na castração química são a flutamida e o acetato de ciproterona. A primeira é um antiandrógeno não-esteroidal que compete com a T e com a DHT pelo receptor de andrógeno (RA) nas células da próstata, e a segunda é uma droga esteroidal que além de competir pelo RA inibe a produção de Hormônio Luteinizante (LH) pela hipófise, o que por sua vez inibe a produção de T pelos testículos. O objetivo desse trabalho foi avaliar, morfológica e histoquimicamente o comportamento do tecido prostático regredido após 30 dias de ablação de T, tanto pela orquiectomia quanto pela castração química, ambas seguidas de administração de T exógena e suspensão do tratamento, respectivamente. Para tanto foram usados 40 gerbilos (Meriones unguiculatus, Criscetidae, Gerbilinae) machos adultos, os quais foram divididos em dois grupos experimentais (G.Ex. 01 e G.Ex. 02) e dois grupos controle (G.e. 01 e G.e. 02). G.Ex. 01 foi constituído por 20 animais os quais sOITeramorquiectomia bilateral e após 30 dias receberam doses de cipionato de testosterona (TC) a uma concentração de 25mm/Kg, em intervalos de 48 horas, durante 21 dias, e os animais foram sacrificados após O,7, 14 e 21 dias do inicio do tratamento com Te. G.Ex 02 (20 animais) recebeu doses semanais e alternadas dos antiandrógenos acetato de ciproterona e flutamida (0,3ml/animal/dia numa concentração de 25mgIKg) diluídos em óleo de milho, durante 30 dias, e após a suspensão do tratamento anti-androgênico os animais foram sacrificados após de O,7, 14 e 21 dias. O 8 G.C. 01 foi constituído por 5 animais adultos não castrados e o G.c. 02 por 5 animais adultos castrados que receberam óleo de milho, o veículo de diluição das drogas. Os resultados demonstraram que, tanto a castração cirúrgica quanto a química provocaram uma drástica regressão do peso do complexo prostático após 30 dias quando comparados com o grupo controle. A dosagem hormonal mostrou uma redução na quantidade de T circulante no caso da castração cirúrgica e na castração química e o L.H. apresentou um aumento durante a castração cirúrgica e uma diminuição durante a castração química. Após 30 dias de castração, em ambos os grupos, houve uma drástica diminuição na altura epitelial, que foi mais intensa em G.Ex 02, que, juntamente com a pequena quantidade de retículo endoplasmático rugoso (RER), caracterizou uma pouca atividade secretora dessas células. As células musculares lisas (CML) apresentaram um fenótipo estrelado e irregular, e houve um pregueamento da membrana basal (MB) acompanhada de uma diminuição na quantidade de vesículas secretoras. Após a reposição hormonal, em G.Ex O1 pôde ser notado um aumento na altura epitelial, acompanhado da presença de numerosas e alargadas cisternas de RER. As CML retomaram seu fenótipo característico, mas passaram a apresentar uma enorme quantidade de RER em seu citoplasma, caracterizando uma modulação de seu fenótipo contrátil para um fenótipo secretor. A suspensão do tratamento antiandrogênico em G.Ex 02 promoveu a retomada da altura do epitélio e um aumento na quantidade de RER, e estas células passaram a apresentar uma grande quantidade de vesículas lipídicas em seu citoplasma basal. Como em G.Ex O1 as CML retomaram seu fenótipo característico, e também apresentaram um aumento na quantidade de RER. Assim, estes dados nos permitem assumir que o tecido prostático apresentou uma notável capacidade de involução após supressão androgênica e uma capacidade de reorganização após reposição hormonal, e os eventos decorrentes da orquiectomia e da subseqüente administração de T mostraram mais intensos para o tecido prostático / Abstract: The prostate is an exocrine gland of the male genital system, which secretes part of seminal liquidolts differentiation initiates in the beginning of the embryonic development and finishes during the puberty. Testosterone (T) plays an essential role in prostate maintenance, after transformation, by 5a-reductase enzyme, to dehidrotestostorone (DHT) an more potent isoform. As Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) and cancer may attack prostate gland, the down regulation of T levels by surgical castration (orchiectomy) or by the administration of anti-androgens drugs, such as flutamide and cyproterone acetate (chemical castration) have been the principal therapies to control these disease. The nonsteroidal antiandrogen flutamide acts by competitive inhibition of the androgen receptors (AR) in the prostate cells. The cyproterone acetate is a steroidal drug besides competing for the AR inhibits Luteinizant Hormone (LH) production on the pituitary gland that themselves inhibit T production by testis. The aim of this work was to evaluate morphologically and histochemically the behavior of prostatic tissue regression after 30 days of T ablation by orchiectomy and by chemical castration, both followed by T administration and suspension oftreatment, respectively. Two experimental groups (Ex.G. 01 and Ex.G. 02) of 20 adult gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) each were employed. ln the Ex.G.Ol the animais underwent bilateral orchiectomy and after 30 days they received testosterone cipionate (TC) doses (25mm/Kg) during 21 days every 48 hours. They were sacrificed at O, 7, 14 and 21 days of the TC treatment beginning. Ex.G. 02 received altemates doses of cyproterone acetate and flutamide (0,3mI/animaI/day, at 25mg/Kg) dissolved in com oil, during 30 days weekly. They were sacrificed at O,7, 14 and 21 days after treatment interruption. As control group 5 animaIs not castrated (C.G.Ol) and 5 castrated animaIs (C.G.02) received com oil, the drug dilution vehicIe. Results showed that after 30 days of both surgical and chemical castration a drastic regression in the prostate weight occurred. Hormonal dosages reveled serum T leveI reduction in both surgical and chemical castration, while serum LH leveI increased during surgical castration and decreased during chemical castration. After 30 days of castration in both groups there were10 intense decreases of epithelium height, more intensive in EX.G. 02, and notable small amount of rugous endoplasmatic reticulum (RER), which characterized a low secretory activity of those cells. Some smooth muscle cells (SMC) showed a spinous and irregular phenotype along with infolding basal membrane and decrease of secretory vesicle amount. After hormonal replacement in EX.G. 01 were noted an increase in epithelial height and a greater RER quantity. Those altered SMC recovered its normal pattem and the considerable number of RER observed in the cytoplasm suggests a modulation of these cells ITom contractile to secretory phenotype. In EX.G. 02 the treatment interruption promoted an increase in epithelial height and in the amount ofRER, besides lots oflipid vesicles at basal cytoplasm. Like in EX.G. 01 SMC retook its normal phenotype, but showed an increase of RER amount to. These data leads to conclude that prostatic tissue showed a high capacity of involution after androgenic ablation and a capacity or reorganization after hormonal replacement, but the events promoted by orchiectomy and T administration appear to be more aggressive to the tissue / Mestrado / Biologia Celular / Mestre em Ciências Biológicas
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The amino terminal domain of steroid hormone receptors as a novel drug target : identification of small molecule inhibitors

Monaghan, Amy Elizabeth January 2016 (has links)
Steroid hormone receptors (SHRs) are well validated therapeutic targets in a number of diseases. Current therapies competitively antagonise the ligand binding domain (LBD), blocking activation of the receptor and downstream signalling pathways. However cross-reactivity can be seen amongst the antagonists of different SHRs eliciting unwanted side effects. Additionally the acquisition of resistance to current therapies in diseases such as prostate cancer limits their use. The amino-terminal domain (NTD) of SHRs provides an alternative target for antagonism by allowing potential therapies to block receptor transactivation and inhibit interactions with co-activator proteins. Reduced homology between different SHR NTDs also increases the specificity of drug interactions. However development of targeted therapies using rational drug design has been hindered by its intrinsically disordered structure. Establishing cell lines which stably express a SHR responsive reporter gene alongside variants of SHRs lacking the LBD provides a method by which small molecules specifically targeting the NTD of each receptor can be identified. This assay has been designed to overcome the barriers to drug discovery that are presented by an intrinsically disordered protein. The project follows the design, development, optimisation and implementation of a high throughput screening assay with the potential to identify novel small molecule inhibitors of SHRs. The applications of these inhibitors are highlighted throughout, with specific reference to their potential to inhibit the androgen receptor in prostate cancer.

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