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  2. What Is Low Testosterone & What Causes It? - AOL

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    Testosterone is the primary androgen — or male hormone — in your body. Low testosterone affects up to 39 percent of adult men in the US over the age of 45, and becomes increasingly prevalent ...

  3. Pharmacokinetics of testosterone - Wikipedia

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    Testosterone can be taken by a variety of different routes of administration. [2] [3] These include oral, buccal, sublingual, intranasal, transdermal (gels, creams, patches, solutions), vaginal (creams, gels, suppositories), rectal (suppositories), by intramuscular or subcutaneous injection (in oil solutions or aqueous suspensions), and as a subcutaneous implant.

  4. Testosterone - Wikipedia

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    Testosterone is the primary male sex hormone and androgen in males. [3] In humans, testosterone plays a key role in the development of male reproductive tissues such as testicles and prostate, as well as promoting secondary sexual characteristics such as increased muscle and bone mass, and the growth of body hair.

  5. Androgen receptor - Wikipedia

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    Normal function of the androgen receptor. Testosterone (T) enters the cell and, if 5-alpha-reductase is present, is converted into dihydrotestosterone (DHT). Upon steroid binding, the androgen receptor (AR) undergoes a conformational change and releases heat-shock proteins (hsps). Phosphorylation (P) occurs before or after steroid binding.

  6. Here's Why Testosterone Is a Female Hormone, Too - AOL

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    Conversely, “with too much testosterone, women often have acne, too much hair on the body, hair loss on the head, high blood pressure, elevated cholesterol, skipped cycles, or problems ...

  7. 6 Foods That Kill & Lower Testosterone - AOL

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    The research suggested that eating trans fats may lower testosterone levels in the body, while too many omega-6 fatty acids appear to reduce the size and function of men's reproductive organs.

  8. Androgen insensitivity syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Only certain organs in the body, such as the gonads and the adrenal glands, produce the androgen testosterone. Testosterone is converted into dihydrotestosterone, a chemically similar androgen, in cells containing the enzyme 5-alpha reductase. Both androgens exert their influence through binding with the androgen receptor.

  9. Sex hormone - Wikipedia

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    In many contexts, the two main classes of sex hormones are androgens and estrogens, of which the most important human derivatives are testosterone and estradiol, respectively. Other contexts will include progestogens as a third class of sex steroids, distinct from androgens and estrogens. [5]