Prostate

Tissue Reproductive

Growth here is driven mainly by DHT, which is why compounds that resist 5-alpha-reductase are gentler on it.

Relationships

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Prostate expressed in

Androgen Receptor

The receptor every anabolic-androgenic steroid is designed to hit. Binding moves it into the nucleus where it switches on genes for muscle protein synthesis, and in other tissues for hair loss, prostate growth and oil production.

Prostate produces

Prostate-Specific Antigen

Tracks prostate activity and size. Useful mostly as a trend in men over forty.