How to Use dihydrotestosterone in a Sentence

dihydrotestosterone

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• Whey protein is high in a hormone called DHT (dihydrotestosterone), which has been linked to hair loss.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022
• Hair loss is caused by a hormone called dihydrotestosterone, or DHT, which can cause shrinkage of the hair follicle.
  — Joseph Deacetis, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2021
• Saw palmetto targets the cause of hair loss by blocking the contributing hormone to male baldness, DHT (dihydrotestosterone).
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 May 2022
• The hormone responsible for hair loss in anyone is dihydrotestosterone, or DHT.
  — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 24 May 2017
• One important hormone does play a big role in the condition, however, and that hormone is dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
  — Dr. Manny Alvarez, Fox News, 30 June 2017
• Finasteride blocks the conversion of testosterone to its more potent cousin, dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
  — Douglas G. Adler, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
• It’s driven by the hormone dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which binds to androgen receptors in your scalp causing hair follicles to shrink and prevents new hair from growing.
  — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
• One is treatment to reduce dihydrotestosterone, such as finasteride.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 1 Aug. 2021
• For example, the pair stimulated the androgen receptor by dosing pregnant female mice with dihydrotestosterone (DHT), the most common form of testosterone in the body, or gave them estrogen to prod its receptor.
  — Mitch Leslie, Science | AAAS, 6 June 2019
• Saw palmetto carries out an essential function in neutralizing the harmful action of dihydrotestosterone (DHT), a hormone that kills healthy hair follicles.
  — Dallas News, 30 Nov. 2022
• This can be due to changing levels of hormones, including less testosterone production or an accumulation of dihydrotestosterone.
  — Suzannah Weiss, Men's Health, 31 Mar. 2023
• Hormones called androgens are primarily to blame for significant hair loss; specifically, an androgen called dihydrotestosterone (DHT), which the body creates from its total supply of testosterone each day.
  — Marisa Sloan, Discover Magazine, 15 Feb. 2023
• Androgenetic alopecia happens when scalp follicles are hypersensitive to dihydrotestosterone, which is critical for most hair growth but detrimental to head hair growth.
  — Kristen Rogers, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
• Oftentimes, that other treatment is finasteride—the generic version of Propecia, which prevents the suffocation and shrinking of hair follicles by neutralizing the accumulation of dihydrotestosterone, or DHT.
  — Adam Hurly, Robb Report, 10 Feb. 2022
• Finasteride belongs to a class of drugs called 5-alpha reductase inhibitors that block the conversion of testosterone into the more bioactive form of testosterone called dihydrotestosterone (DHT).
  — Elizabeth Boskey, Verywell Health, 5 June 2023

Last Updated: 22 Dec 2024