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Intramuscular sex steroid hormones are associated with skeletal muscle strength and power in women with different hormonal status
2015
International audience; Estrogen (E2)-responsive peripheral tissues, such as skeletal muscle, may suffer from hormone deficiency after menopause potentially contributing to the aging of muscle. However, recently E2 was shown to be synthesized by muscle and its systemic and intramuscular hormone levels are unequal. The objective of the study was to examine the association between intramuscular steroid hormones and muscle characteristics in premenopausal women (n = 8) and in postmenopausal monozygotic twin sister pairs (n = 16 co-twins from eight pairs) discordant for the use of E2-based hormone replacement. Isometric skeletal muscle strength was assessed by measuring knee extension strength.…
Interleukin-2 and its Receptors in Human Solid Tumours: Immunobiology and Clinical Significance
2006
Human carcinomas were found to express IL-2 R and to produce, but not to secrete, IL-2. Intermediate affinity IL-2Rβγ detected on the surface and in the cytoplasm of carcinoma cells binds exogenous IL-2 at the nanomolar or micromolar concentrations and mediates cell cycle arrest (CCA) possibly through the upregulation of the CDK inhibitor p27kipl expression. In contrast, IL-2Rα is modestly expressed on the cell surface, and it may be involved in the intracrine pathway of delivering endogenous IL-2 to the cell surface. IL-2 is a growth factor for human carcinomas, and as it binds to the high-affinity IL-2R, it promotes cellular proliferation by suppressing expression of p27kipl. It also prot…