Hormones
They play a crucial role in a wide range of physiological processes, including growth, development, metabolism, and reproduction.
Hormones are secreted by endocrine glands, such as the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary glands, and are transported through the bloodstream to target tissues.
Imbalances in hormone levels can lead to various health conditions, making the study of hormones an important area of medical research.
PubCompare.ai helps researchers optimize their hormone research by providing AI-driven protocol comparisons, enabling them to easily locate the best protocols from literature, pre-prints, and patents, and ensure reproducible, accurate findings.
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Expression of ER and ER-associated genes is a characteristic of luminal breast cancers as defined by microarray expression profiling (1 (link)–3 (link)). Approximately 30% of tumors in the luminal B cluster expressed HER2 and associated genes, and in this study, we defined tumors that expressed hormone receptor proteins (ER or PR) and were positive for HER2 as being of the luminal–HER2-positive subtype. However, the remaining 70% of luminal B tumors primarily differed from better prognosis luminal A tumors by virtue of higher expression of proliferation genes (15 (link),18 (link)). We investigated whether addition of the proliferation marker Ki67 to the immunopanel of ER, PR, and HER2 could distinguish luminal B tumors (ie, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, and Ki67-high tumors) from luminal A tumors (ie, hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative, and Ki67-low tumors). In the UBC-WashU series, we used the 50-gene PAM50 classifier to identify tumors as being either luminal A or luminal B, to determine the optimal cut-point value for the Ki67 index. We then compared quantitative data from visual assessment of Ki67 immunohistochemical labeling against these gene expression profile–based assignments for hormone receptor–positive, HER2-negative tumors. The optimal cutoff value for Ki67 was selected by use of the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) method, by minimizing the sum of the observed false-positive and false-negative errors with bootstrapping methodology (33 ). In this fashion, the cutoff value was selected against the gold standard of gene expression profiling, as opposed to assigning a cut point against clinical outcome (which can be difficult to extrapolate to other patient populations with differences in treatment and risk).
The immunopanel thereby defined (ie, ER, PR, HER2, and Ki67) was used to assign tumors of the BCCA validation series to breast cancer subtypes and to assess clinicopathological characteristics and the relation to patient outcome. We estimated 95% confidence intervals (CIs) with bootstrapping methodology (32 (link)) for the reported percentages of luminal subtypes as defined by the immunopanel. Differences in clinicopathological characteristics, including age, tumor grade, tumor size, and lymph node status, among breast cancer subtypes were examined by use of χ2 tests. For univariate survival analysis, relapse-free survival and breast cancer–specific survival were estimated by use of Kaplan–Meier curves (34 (link)), and the statistical significance of survival differences was assessed with a log-rank test (35 (link)). For relapse-free survival, survival time was censored at death if the cause was not breast cancer or if the patient was alive without relapse on June 30, 2004. For breast cancer–specific survival, survival time was censored at death if the cause was not breast cancer or if the patient was still alive on June 30, 2004 (the date for outcome data collection). Patients with unknown cause of death were excluded from breast cancer–specific survival analysis. For multivariable survival analyses, Cox regression models (36 ) were used to estimate the association between the Ki67 index and breast cancer subtypes, with adjustment for with standard clinicopathological variables, including age at diagnosis (as a continuous variable), histological grade (grade 3 vs grade 2 or 1), tumor size (>2 vs ≥2 cm), lymphovascular invasion (positive vs negative), and number of positive axillary lymph nodes as a percentage of the total numbers examined (coded in three categories, in which 0%–25% was compared with 0%, and >25% was compared with 0%). We classified patients with breast cancer in the British Columbia population by using the percentage of positive lymph nodes as a continuous variable in the Cox model because this variable was shown to be more prognostic than a categorical variable of one to three positive lymph nodes vs four or more than positive lymph nodes (37). Only patients with information for all the covariates were included in the Cox regression analyses. Smoothed plots of weighted Schoenfeld residuals were used to test proportional hazard assumptions (38 ), and no evidence that these assumptions were invalid was observed. All statistical tests were two-sided, and P values of less than .05 were considered statistically significant. The data were assembled to provide more than 80% power for testing hypotheses regarding the biomarkers in all patients combined and for patient subgroups that were defined by the adjuvant therapies received.
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Example 3
At the time of diagnosis with prostate cancer, subjects are invited to participate in a trial. A subject sample, e.g., blood, is obtained. Periodically, throughout the monitoring, watchful waiting, or active treatment of the subject, e.g., chemotherapy, radiation therapy, e.g., radiation of the prostate, surgery, e.g., surgical prostate resection, hormone therapy, a new subject sample is obtained. At the end of the study, all subject samples are tested for the level of FLNA and/or PSA, and optionally other markers. The subject samples are matched to the medical records of the subjects to correlate FLNA and/or PSA levels, as appropriate, with prostate cancer status at the time of diagnosis, rate of progression of disease, response of subjects to one or more interventions, and transitions between androgen dependent and independent status. Other markers, such as the expression level of keratin 19 and/or filamin B, the age of the subjects, or the prostate volume of the subjects, can also be analyzed in addition to filamin A and/or PSA.
Example 20
Fertility—Progesterone is one of the most important hormones for pregnancy with myriad functions from ensuring implantation of the egg into a healthy uterine wall, to ensuring embryo survival and prevention of immune rejection of the developing baby. Many other hormones act in concert with progesterone, like Follicular Stimulating Hormone (FSH) and Luteinizing Hormone (LH) and can be used to assess optimal fertility windows on a monthly basis. And in fact an over dominant production of estrogen can lead to progesterone deficiency and thus difficulty getting or staying pregnant. It is important that women not only monitor FSH and LH to determine optimal fertility for getting pregnant, but ensure that sufficient levels or progesterone are being produced to ensure pregnancy and viability of the fetus. A study from the British Medical Journal, 2012, demonstrated that a single progesterone level test can help discriminate between viable and nonviable pregnancies. Among women who had an ultrasound, 73 percent had nonviable pregnancies. But among women with progesterone levels below 3 to 6 nanograms per milliliter, the probability of a nonviable pregnancy rose to more than 99 percent (Gallos L et al. British Medical J, 2012).
Perimenopause—Monitoring hormone levels during the menopausal transition may help women better understand important changes in their body and allow them to make more informed decisions about health, diet, and lifestyle. According to Hale G E (Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol, 2009), data from endocrine studies on women throughout the menopausal transition show changes in levels of steroid hormones and gonadotropins (Progesterone, Estrodiol, LH, FSH and AMH) and follicle-stimulating hormone undergoes the first detectable change while menstrual cycles remain regular. Erratic and less predictable changes in steroid hormones follow, especially with the onset of irregular cycles. Later serum hormone studies on the inhibins and anti-Mullerian hormone established that diminishing ovarian follicle number contributes to the endocrine changes with advancing reproductive age.
Many fertility issues revolve around genetic, anatomical or other disorders that may either prevent a woman from becoming pregnant and/or staying pregnant. Some of these disorders include hormonal imbalances, diabetes, a short or insufficient cervix, and acute or chronic infections. A cascade of genes has been implicated in the occurrence of getting and staying pregnant. These genes have been studied using genotyping, gene expression, and proteomic analysis to assess a woman's ability to stay pregnant.
In some embodiments the disclosed device focuses on detecting levels of Progesterone, LH, FSH, Estrodiol, AMH, genotyping, gene expression through RNA and methylome sequencing, qPCR and proteomic analysis for fertility and menopause management from menstrual blood or cervicovaginal fluid.
The following patients were excluded from analysis: (1) Severe heart disease; (2) Severe spinal deformity; (3) Hypersensitivity to local anesthetics or hormones; (4) Coagulation dysfunction; (5) Systemic infection or skin infection at the puncture site; (6) Patients with abnormal mental behavior, severe anxiety, or depression; (7) Lactating and pregnant women; (8) History of cervical surgery; (9) Cervical spondylotic myelopathy; (10) Moderate and severe foraminal stenosis.
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These potent biomolecules, produced by endocrine glands like the thyroid, adrenal, and pituitary, circulate through the bloodstream to target specific tissues and cells.
Hormone imbalances can lead to various health conditions, making the study of these regulatory compounds a critical area of medical research.
Researchers investigating hormones often utilize techniques and materials like fetal bovine serum (FBS), penicillin/streptomycin, SAS 9.4 statistical software, insulin, DMEM cell culture medium, and the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line.
Experiments may also involve the use of key hormones like 17β-estradiol and progesterone.
Understanding the complex roles of hormones in growth, development, metabolism, and reproduction is paramount.
Optimizing hormone research through the use of AI-driven protocol comparisons, as offered by PubCompare.ai, can help researchers identify the best methods from literature, preprints, and patents.
This ensures reproducible, accurate findings and accelerates advancements in the field of endocrinology.
Whether exploring thyroid function, insulin signaling, or steroid hormone dynamics, leveraging intelligent platforms like PubCompare.ai can streamline the research process and lead to more informed decisions.