Excess Androgens in Utero Alters Fetal Testis Development.
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Connolly, F., Rae, M. T., Bittner, L., Hogg, K., McNeilly, A. S., & Duncan, W. C. (2013)
Excess Androgens in Utero Alters Fetal Testis Development. Endocrinology, 154, 1921-1933. https://doi.org/10.1210/en.2012-2153
Prenatal androgenization induces a polycystic ovary syndrome-like phenotype in adult female offspring, which is associated with alterations that can be detected in the fetal o...
The Pancreas Is Altered by In Utero Androgen Exposure: Implications for Clinical Conditions Such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS)
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Franks, S., Rae, M. T., Grace, C., Hogg, K., Wilson, L. M., McHaffie, S. L., …Duncan, C. (2013)
The Pancreas Is Altered by In Utero Androgen Exposure: Implications for Clinical Conditions Such as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS). PLOS ONE, 8(2), https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0056263
Using an ovine model of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), (pregnant ewes injected with testosterone propionate (TP) (100 mg twice weekly) from day (d)62 to d102 of d147 gestat...
Cortisol Inactivation by 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-2 May Enhance Endometrial Angiogenesis via Reduced Thrombospondin-1 in Heavy Menstruation
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Rae, M. T., Mohamad, A., Price, D., Hadoke, P. W. F., Walker, B. R., Mason, J. I., …Critchley, H. O. D. (2009)
Cortisol Inactivation by 11β-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase-2 May Enhance Endometrial Angiogenesis via Reduced Thrombospondin-1 in Heavy Menstruation. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 94, 1443-1450. https://doi.org/10.1210/jc.2008-1879
Context: Heavy menstrual bleeding (HMB; menorrhagia) impairs quality of life for women and requires medication or surgery. Because glucocorticoids inhibit angiogenesis in othe...
Anti-inflammatory steroid signalling in the human peritoneum
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Fegan, K. S., Rae, M. T., Critchley, H. O. D., & Hillier, S. G. (2008)
Anti-inflammatory steroid signalling in the human peritoneum. Journal of Endocrinology, 196, 369-376. https://doi.org/10.1677/JOE-07-0419
Peritoneal surface epithelial (PSE) cells participate in adhesion formation following inflammatory injury yet adjacent ovarian SE (OSE) cells regenerate without scarification ...