"Progesterone" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The major progestational steroid that is secreted primarily by the CORPUS LUTEUM and the PLACENTA. Progesterone acts on the UTERUS, the MAMMARY GLANDS and the BRAIN. It is required in EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; PREGNANCY maintenance, and the development of mammary tissue for MILK production. Progesterone, converted from PREGNENOLONE, also serves as an intermediate in the biosynthesis of GONADAL STEROID HORMONES and adrenal CORTICOSTEROIDS.
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D011374
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D04.210.500.745.745.654.829 D06.472.334.734.623 D06.472.334.851.687.750
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1998 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2009 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2012 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Progesterone" by people in Profiles.
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Association of Circulating Progesterone With Breast Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 04 01; 3(4):e203645.
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Plasma Prolactin and Progesterone Levels and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes: A Prospective and Longitudinal Study in a Multiracial Cohort. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2020; 11:83.
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Sex hormones and the QT interval: a review. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2012 Sep; 21(9):933-41.
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Adolescent diet and subsequent serum hormones, breast density, and bone mineral density in young women: results of the Dietary Intervention Study in Children follow-up study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2010 Jun; 19(6):1545-56.
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Postmenopausal hormone use and breast cancer associations differ by hormone regimen and histologic subtype. Cancer. 2009 Mar 01; 115(5):936-45.
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Recent declines in hormone therapy utilization and breast cancer incidence: clinical and population-based evidence. J Clin Oncol. 2006 Nov 20; 24(33):e49-50.
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Effect of reproductive factors and postmenopausal hormone use on the risk of Parkinson disease. Neurology. 2005 Aug 09; 65(3):383-90.
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Diet and sex hormones in girls: findings from a randomized controlled clinical trial. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003 Jan 15; 95(2):132-41.
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Alcohol consumption and endometrial cancer: some unresolved issues. Nutr Cancer. 2003; 45(1):24-9.
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Cytochrome P450c17alpha gene (CYP17) polymorphism is associated with serum estrogen and progesterone concentrations. Cancer Res. 1998 Feb 15; 58(4):585-7.