Epigenetic Effects of Finasteride on Human Leydig Cells
Churchill Jonadab Ihentuge, Antonei Benjamin Csoka
The FASEB Journal (Experimental Biology meeting abstract)2020
Summary (paraphrased)
Conference abstract reporting epigenetic effects of finasteride on human Leydig cells — the steroidogenic cells of the testis. Epigenetic remodeling at the site of androgen synthesis.
Why it’s in the corpus
Epigenetic effects at the androgen-synthesis site itself (Leydig cells) — if persistent, this is a direct route to lasting androgen/neurosteroid disruption. Author throughline: Csoka co-authored the 2008 PSSD paper and the 2009 epigenetic-side-effects paper already in the corpus.
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