【androgen】 - A-level备考词汇

androgen

UK:  ['ændrədʒən]

US:  ['ændrədʒən]

复数：androgens  

n.

1.雄激素

2.雄性激素

3.男性激素

1 . The major targeted therapy used for prostate cancer is directed at the androgen receptor and it is not always effective, Witte said.
前列腺癌的主要靶向治疗是直接针对雄激素受体，而且它不是总是有效的。

2 . Humans have kept the "light bulb, " however -- we have androgen receptors, but ours don't produce whiskers or penile spines, he said.
人类保留了“灯泡”，虽然我们有荷尔蒙受容器，但是我们的不能长出感知胡须或阴茎脊椎，他说。

3 . "BPA also affects androgen metabolism, creating a vicious circle between androgens and BPA, " she said.
“双酚A也会影响雄激素代谢，创造了雄性激素和双酚A之间的恶性循环，”她说。

4 . The drugs are approved to relieve symptoms of advanced prostate cancer in a treatment known as androgen deprivation therapy.
这类药物已被批准用于晚期前列腺癌的雄激素剥夺疗法（ADT），可以减轻晚期的一些症状。

5 . Other SARM compounds have been found to have an unexpected antiandrogenic activity of a nonsteroidal ligand for the androgen receptor.
已发现其它SARM化合物具有意外的雄激素受体之非甾族配体的抗雄激素活性。