Because STS plays an important role in androgen metabolism, and elevated levels of dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate have been reported in young men with andogenetic alopecia (AGA), the hypothesis was advanced that men with XRI do not show AGA or develop only mild forms of common baldness.
The ubiquity of the androgen receptor gene StuI restriction site, and higher incidence of shorter triplet repeat haplotypes in bald men suggests that these markers are very close to a functional variant that is a necessary component of the polygenic determination of male pattern baldness.
In this study we have analyzed the family of caspases, 1-10 along with usurpin, and XIAP, in men with normal scalp and in men with androgenetic alopecia before and after 6 months treatment with 1 mg oral finasteride treatment.
Results from our study indicate caspase 3 to be of primary importance in normal hair homeostasis and that DHT may be signaling greater expression of caspases, inducing apoptosis in androgenetic alopecia.
The purpose of our study is to investigate the genetic polymorphisms of steroid 5alpha-reductase type 1 and 2 (SRD5A1 and SRD5A2) genes in Korean population, and to study the association of these polymorphisms with the development, clinical types (female or male pattern) and therapeutic response of androgenetic alopecia.
The purpose of our study is to investigate the genetic polymorphisms of steroid 5alpha-reductase type 1 and 2 (SRD5A1 and SRD5A2) genes in Korean population, and to study the association of these polymorphisms with the development, clinical types (female or male pattern) and therapeutic response of androgenetic alopecia.
The expression of insulin-like growth factor 1 in follicular dermal papillae correlates with therapeutic efficacy of finasteride in androgenetic alopecia.
The CAG and GGC repeats in the AR have been studied extensively as markers of prostate cancer susceptibility, with inconclusive findings, whereas the AR-E211 G>A polymorphism has been associated with androgenetic alopecia.
The CAG and GGC repeats in the AR have been studied extensively as markers of prostate cancer susceptibility, with inconclusive findings, whereas the AR-E211 G>A polymorphism has been associated with androgenetic alopecia.
Structure/function analysis of tristetraprolin (TTP): p38 stress-activated protein kinase and lipopolysaccharide stimulation do not alter TTP function.
We analyzed a silent polymorphism in the androgen receptor gene (AR) in a group of 41 bald males and 39 non-bald males, and found a significant association (p < 0.0026), thus confirming the previously reported association between MPB and the AR gene.