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Ken KY Ho Garvan Institute of Medical Research, St. Vincent’s Hospital and the UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Anthony J O’Sullivan St. George Hospital and the Faculty of Medicine and Health, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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Morton G Burt Southern Adelaide Diabetes and Endocrine, Flinders Medical Centre and College of Medicine and Public Health, and Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Hormone replacement therapy is a tenet of endocrinology. The recognition that growth hormone (GH) is biologically important beyond promoting growth in childhood has only been accepted recently despite its isolation over 70 years ago. In addition

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Renea A Taylor Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Department of Physiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Cancer Program, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Prostate Cancer Research Program, Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cabrini Institute, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Victoria, Australia

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Mitchell G Lawrence Department of Physiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Cancer Program, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Prostate Cancer Research Program, Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cabrini Institute, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Cancer Program, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Gail P Risbridger Department of Physiology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Cancer Program, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Prostate Cancer Research Program, Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Cabrini Institute, Cabrini Health, Malvern, Victoria, Australia
Department of Anatomy and Developmental Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Cancer Program, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Introduction The prostate gland is a hormonally regulated organ that commonly becomes bothersome with age. Benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer have different aetiologies, but both have an inestimable impact on patients and their

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Adam Hagg School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Eliza O’Shea School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Craig A Harrison Department of Physiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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Kelly L Walton School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
Department of Physiology, Monash Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Australia

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Structurally related activins and inhibins coordinate the hypothalamic–pituitary–gonadal axis Inhibins were first postulated a century ago as gonadally derived hormones that could influence pituitary function and follicle-stimulating hormone

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Eugenie Macfarlane Bone Research Program, ANZAC Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia

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Hong Zhou Bone Research Program, ANZAC Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia

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Markus J Seibel Bone Research Program, ANZAC Research Institute, The University of Sydney, Australia
Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Concord Repatriation General Hospital, Sydney, Australia

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. Overview of glucocorticoid receptor signalling Regulation of glucocorticoid synthesis, systemic release, and local availability Endogenous glucocorticoids (cortisol in humans and corticosterone in rodents) are essential steroid hormones that are

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Marilyn B Renfree School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Geoff Shaw School of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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marsupial is that gonadal differentiation and virilisation of the urogenital tract (which occur in utero in man and mouse) take place after birth ( Fig. 1 ), so the young can be directly manipulated with hormones, growth factors or inhibitors without the

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Sunita M C De Sousa Endocrine & Metabolic Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
South Australian Adult Genetics Unit, Royal Adelaide Hospital, Adelaide, Australia
Adelaide Medical School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, Australia

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Nèle F Lenders Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Lydia S Lamb Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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Warrick J Inder Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Brisbane, Australia
Academy for Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine, the University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia

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Ann McCormack Department of Endocrinology, St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, NSW, Australia
St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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five types of hormone-producing neuroendocrine cells: somatotrophs, lactotrophs, gonadotrophs, corticotrophs and thyrotrophs. Several other cell types are scattered through the pituitary: folliculostellate cells, follicular cells, marginal zone cells

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Gary A Wittert Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing, South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute, and University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

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Mathis Grossmann Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne and Department of Endocrinology Austin Health, Heidelberg, Australia

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Bu B Yeap Medical School, University of Western Australia, and Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, Australia

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David J Handelsman ANZAC Research Institute, University of Sydney and Andrology Department, Concord Hospital, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

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, aberrant glucose metabolism and dyslipidaemia as features of the metabolic syndrome ( Umapathysivam et al. 2022 ). The proportionate fall in serum testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) concentrations under these circumstances is inherently

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Kirsty G Pringle School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
Mothers and Babies Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute, New Lambton Heights, New South Wales, Australia

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Lisa K Philp Australian Prostate Cancer Research Centre - Queensland, Centre for Genomics and Personalised Health & School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology, Princess Alexandra Hospital, Translational Research Institute, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

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narrative review we outline the current knowledge surrounding ACE2 as the receptor for SARS-CoV-2, its interacting partners, hormonal regulation, and functions, highlighting the importance of ACE2 dysregulation in the pathogenesis of COVID-19. We also

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Jun Yang Centre of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Department of Medicine, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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Morag J Young Cardiovascular Endocrinology Laboratory, Discovery & Preclinical Domain, Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

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Timothy J Cole Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biomedicine Discovery Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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Peter J Fuller Centre of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hudson Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

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human mineralocorticoid receptor, with the hinge region between the DBD and LBD. Below the linear schematic is the crystal structure of two DBD monomers with the hormone response element shown below the DNA. Four zinc atoms coordinate the zinc fingers

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Chau Thien Tay Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Monash Health, Victoria, Australia

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Rhonda Garrad Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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Aya Mousa Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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Mahnaz Bahri Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia

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Anju Joham Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Monash Health, Victoria, Australia

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Helena Teede Monash Centre for Health Research and Implementation, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Monash Health, Victoria, Australia

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common biological underpinnings ( Figure 1 ). Taking together the understanding of recent advances in PCOS genetics, Dapas et al. proposed an updated model of PCOS pathogenesis, ‘Because the characteristic hormonal disruptions in PCOS self-propagate in

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