Abstract:Five categories of steroid hormones exist in humans, including androgens, estrogens, glucocorticoids, mineralocorticoids, and progestins. These hormones affect virtually every tissue and organ in the human body and play major roles in the development, differentiation, and homeostasis of normal individuals. Antisteroids usually possess nonsteroidal structures but still block the actions of the steroid hormones and are important tools in endocrine therapies of pathologic conditions. Therefore, how the body regul… Show more
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