Experimental endocrine therapies promote epithelial cytodifferentiation and ciliogenesis in the gerbil female prostate.
Cell Tissue Res
; 328(3): 617-24, 2007 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-17347814
The incidence of ciliated cells in the prostate gland of the female gerbil (Meriones unguiculatus) is uncommon and apparently becomes more frequent during androgen (testosterone cypionate) and anti-estrogen (letrozole) endocrine therapies. To evaluate the effects of such drug therapies on the induction of ciliogenesis in the glandular epithelium of female prostate glands, adult female gerbils aged 90 days were treated for 14 days with testosterone and letrozole after which their prostate glands were removed for histological, ultrastructural, and serological analyses. The cytodifferentiation of the ciliated phenotype in the alveolar epithelium became more frequent after both the testosterone and the letrozole treatments. The ciliogenesis phenomenon of the epithelial cells in the prostate gland of female gerbils thus appears to be induced by variations in the increase of androgen levels.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Próstata
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Diferenciação Celular
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Cílios
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Terapia de Reposição Hormonal
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Células Epiteliais
Tipo de estudo:
Evaluation_studies
Limite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Cell Tissue Res
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil
País de publicação:
Alemanha