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  • Title: Prenatal androgenization selectively modifies some responses to oestrogen in the prepubertal rat uterus.
    Author: Arriaza CA, Mena MA, Tchernitchin AN.
    Journal: J Endocrinol; 1989 Mar; 120(3):379-84. PubMed ID: 2926308.
    Abstract:
    Exposure of fetuses to some hormonally active agents may imprint permanent changes on the action of related hormones. These changes can be detected in adulthood as a modification of the degree of responsiveness to hormone action. The present study describes the effect of prenatal androgenization on the various responses to oestrogen in different types of cells in the uterus of prepubertal rats. Prenatal androgenization completely abolishes oestrogen-induced hypertrophy of uterine luminal and glandular epithelium, while it does not interfere with hypertrophy of circular myometrium and potentiates uterine eosinophilia and oedema. This dissociation between the various responses to oestrogen suggests that prenatal androgenization does not equally affect all uterine cell types.
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