Androgens

"Androgens" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Compounds that interact with ANDROGEN RECEPTORS in target tissues to bring about the effects similar to those of TESTOSTERONE. Depending on the target tissues, androgenic effects can be on SEX DIFFERENTIATION; male reproductive organs, SPERMATOGENESIS; secondary male SEX CHARACTERISTICS; LIBIDO; development of muscle mass, strength, and power.

Descriptor ID	D000728
MeSH Number(s)	D27.505.696.399.472.161
Concept/Terms	Androgens Androgens Androgenic Compounds Compounds, Androgenic Androgen Receptor Agonists Agonists, Androgen Receptor Receptor Agonists, Androgen Androgenic Agents Agents, Androgenic Androgen Effect Androgen Effect Effect, Androgen Androgen Effects Effects, Androgen

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Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Pharmacologic Actions [D27.505]
Physiological Effects of Drugs [D27.505.696]
Hormones, Hormone Substitutes, and Hormone Antagonists [D27.505.696.399]
Hormones [D27.505.696.399.472]
Androgens [D27.505.696.399.472.161]

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Bar chart showing 76 publications over 26 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2008 and 2014 and 2022

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1996	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
2001	1	1	2
2002	2	0	2
2003	3	0	3
2004	3	1	4
2005	1	1	2
2006	1	4	5
2007	4	0	4
2008	5	1	6
2009	2	0	2
2010	0	3	3
2011	1	0	1
2012	2	1	3
2013	2	1	3
2014	4	2	6
2015	1	0	1
2016	1	3	4
2017	2	3	5
2018	0	2	2
2019	0	2	2
2020	2	0	2
2021	0	1	1
2022	1	5	6
2023	1	3	4
2024	0	1	1

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Celada SI, Li G, Celada LJ, Kanagasabai T, Lu W, Brown LK, Mark ZA, Izban MG, Ballard BR, Zhou X, Adunyah SE, Matusik RJ, Wang X, Chen Z. Castration-resistant prostate cancer is resensitized to androgen deprivation by autophagy-dependent apoptosis induced by blocking SKP2. Sci Signal. 2024 12 17; 17(867):eadk4122.

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Khan AF, Karami S, Peidl AS, Waiters KD, Babajide MF, Bawa-Khalfe T. Androgen Receptor in Hormone Receptor-Positive Breast Cancer. Int J Mol Sci. 2023 Dec 29; 25(1).

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Rashid R, Tripathi R, Singh A, Sarkar S, Kawale A, Bader GN, Gupta S, Gupta RK, Jha RK. Naringenin improves ovarian health by reducing the serum androgen and eliminating follicular cysts in letrozole-induced polycystic ovary syndrome in the Sprague Dawley rats. Phytother Res. 2023 Sep; 37(9):4018-4041.

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Garcia J, Krieger KD, Loitz C, Perez LM, Richards ZA, Helou Y, Kregel S, Celada S, Mesaros CA, Bosland M, Gann PH, Willnow TE, Vander Griend D, Kittles R, Prins GS, Penning T, Nonn L. Regulation of Prostate Androgens by Megalin and 25-hydroxyvitamin D Status: Mechanism for High Prostate Androgens in African American Men. Cancer Res Commun. 2023 03; 3(3):371-382.

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Gaynor AM, Flaherty KR, Root JC, Salas-Ramirez KY, Scott JM, Nelson CJ. Exercise Associated with Cognitive Function in Older Men with Prostate Cancer Undergoing Androgen Deprivation Therapy. Int J Behav Med. 2023 Dec; 30(6):924-929.

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Rangsrikitphoti P, Marquez-Garban DC, Pietras RJ, McGowan E, Boonyaratanakornkit V. Sex steroid hormones and DNA repair regulation: Implications on cancer treatment responses. J Steroid Biochem Mol Biol. 2023 03; 227:106230.

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Andrews JR, Ahmed ME, Sharma V, Britton C, Stish B, Phillips R, Kendi AT, Joshi VB, Sood A, Tollefson MK, Boorjian SA, Karnes RJ, Kwon ED. Metastasis-directed Therapy Without Androgen Deprivation Therapy in Solitary Oligorecurrent Prostate Cancer. J Urol. 2022 12; 208(6):1240-1249.

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Olokpa E, Mandape SN, Pratap S, Stewart MV. Metformin regulates multiple signaling pathways within castration-resistant human prostate cancer cells. BMC Cancer. 2022 Sep 29; 22(1):1025.

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McManus JM, Vargas R, Bazeley PS, Schumacher FR, Sharifi N. Association Between Adrenal-Restrictive HSD3B1 Inheritance and Hormone-Independent Subtypes of Endometrial and Breast Cancer. JNCI Cancer Spectr. 2022 09 01; 6(5).

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Luine V, Mohan G, Attalla S, Jacome L, Frankfurt M. Androgens Enhance Recognition Memory and Dendritic Spine Density in the Hippocampus and Prefrontal Cortex of Ovariectomized Female Rats. Neuroscience. 2025 Mar 05; 568:465-475.

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