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Article: Sex steroid receptors in human skin differentially localized.
- Article from:
- Immunotherapy Weekly
- Article date:
- May 26, 2004
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2004 MAY 26 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sex steroid receptors in the human skin are differentially localized.
"Sex steroid hormones are involved in regulation of skin development and functions as well as in some skin pathological events. To determine the sites of action of estrogens, androgens and progestins, studies have been performed during the recent years to accurately localize receptors for each steroid hormone in human skin. Androgen receptors (AR) have been localized in most keratinocytes in epidermis," wrote scientists in Canada.
"In the dermis, AR was detected in about 10% of fibroblasts. In sebaceous glands, AR was observed in both basal ...