DHEA supplements have recently gained prominence for their potential benefits in increasing testosterone levels. Testosterone plays a crucial role in the growth of male reproductive tissues, while ...

[35] Serum testosterone and DHEA-sulfate levels are low ... increases 17-hydroxyprogesterone and androstenedione synthesis, ACTH administration results in an exaggerated response of serum 17 ...

Dehydroepiandrosterone, or DHEA for short, is a hormone that is created by the adrenal gland. This essential hormone, which acts as a precursor to both testosterone and estrogen, plays a key role ...

An ACTH-stimulation test was then performed by the administration ... (instrument Roche cobas e602 and Roche cobas e801; reagent kit Roche Elecsys DHEA-S), and plasma metanephrines using an ...

The trophic peptide hormone adrenocorticotropic (ACTH) stimulates steroid hormone biosynthesis evoking both a rapid, acute response and a long-term, chronic response, via the activation of ...