Sex hormone: Difference between revisions

There are also many synthetic sex steroids.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Effect of endogenous and synthetic sex steroids on the clearance of antibody-coated cells |url=https://journals.aai.org/jimmunol/article-abstract/141/9/2959/21053/Effect-of-endogenous-and-synthetic-sex-steroids-on |access-date=2023-05-22 |website=journals.aai.org}}</ref> Synthetic androgens are often referred to as [[anabolic steroid]]s. Synthetic estrogens and progestins are used in methods of [[hormonal contraception]]. [[Ethinylestradiol]] is a semi-synthetic estrogen. Specific compounds that have partial agonist activity for [[steroid receptors]], and therefore act in part like natural steroid hormones, are in use in medical conditions that require treatment with steroid in one cell type, but where systemic effects of the particular steroid in the entire organism are only desirable within certain limits.<ref name="pmid19382224">{{cite journal|last=Copland|first=JA|author2=Sheffield-Moore, M |author3=Koldzic-Zivanovic, N |author4=Gentry, S |author5=Lamprou, G |author6=Tzortzatou-Stathopoulou, F |author7=Zoumpourlis, V |author8=Urban, RJ |author9= Vlahopoulos, SA |title=Sex steroid receptors in skeletal differentiation and epithelial neoplasia: is tissue-specific intervention possible?|journal=BioEssays|date=June 2009|volume=31|issue=6|pages=629–41|pmid=19382224|doi=10.1002/bies.200800138|s2cid=205469320 }}</ref>