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- FIGURE 33.4-25. Sites of blockade of androgen action. Binding of
- ligand to the androgen receptor (AR) induces a conformation change in
- the receptor followed by dimerization before binding to androgen
- response elements on DNA in the nucleus. AR, androgen receptor; DHEA,
- dehydroepiandrostenedione; DHEA-S, dehydroepiandrosterone-sulfate;
- DHT, dihydrotestosterone; ER, estrogen receptor; GnRH,
- gonadotropin-releasing hormone; GnRHR, gonadotropin-releasing hormone
- receptor; LH, luteinizing hormone; LH-R, luteinizing hormone receptor;
- PR, progesterone receptor; T, testosterone; (+), stimulatory effect;
- (-), inhibitory effect. (Scher HI, Isaacs JT, Fuks Z, et al. Prostate
- cancer. In: Abeloff M, Armitage J, Lichter A, et al, eds. Clinical
- oncology. New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1995:1439)
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