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Dihydrotestosterone potentiates insulin to up‐regulate prokineticin‐1 in decidualizing human endometrial stromal cells

Prokineticin 1 (PROK1) is a key regulator of embryo implantation and placentation, and its dysregulation is associated with pregnancy complications, such as pre‐eclampsia and foetal growth restriction. We have previously shown that insulin strongly enhances the expression of PROK1 in human deciduali...

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Autores principales: Ujvari, Dorina, Graells Brugalla, Carlota, Hirschberg, Angelica Lindén
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7077604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31991505
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jcmm.14923
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Sumario:Prokineticin 1 (PROK1) is a key regulator of embryo implantation and placentation, and its dysregulation is associated with pregnancy complications, such as pre‐eclampsia and foetal growth restriction. We have previously shown that insulin strongly enhances the expression of PROK1 in human decidualizing stromal cells. Here, we demonstrate that dihydrotestosterone (DHT), but not testosterone, potentiates insulin to up‐regulate PROK1 in these cells. However, the androgens alone do not influence the expression of PROK1. Our findings suggest that insulin and androgens both are involved in the regulation of PROK1 that could have implications for normal and pathological pregnancies.