THE PERINATAL ANXIETY SCREENING SCALE (PASS) ASSESSMENT OF HIGHRISK PREGNANT WOMEN by Siti Mardianingsih, Rosa Mutianingsih, Baiq Tuhu Abdiani, zulhadi fatawi

“…Background: Psychological changes in pregnant women can be caused by hormonal imbalances. Imbalance can give rise to an anxiety response caused by conditions within oneself and the environment. …”
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Feeding Expressed Breast Milk Alters the Microbial Network of Breast Milk and Increases Breast Milk Microbiome Diversity over Time by Melissa A. Woortman, Emily S. Barrett, Thomas G. O’Connor, Steven R. Gill, Kristin Scheible, Jessica Brunner, Haipeng Sun, Maria G. Dominguez-Bello

“…Breastfeeding supplies nutrition, immunity, and hormonal cues to infants. Feeding expressed breast milk may result in de-phased milk production and feeding times, which distort the real-time circadian cues carried by breast milk. …”
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Exploring Bondage-Discipline, Dominance-Submission and Sadomasochism (BDSM) by Krystian Wdowiak, Agnieszka Maciocha, Julia Wąż, Aleksandra Witas, Weronika Chachaj, Adrian Muzyka, Julia Rydzek, Ewa Gardocka

“…Authors emphasize the necessity of further research on BDSM practices due to the limited and sometimes contradictory findings, particularly regarding the prevalence of BDSM interest and hormonal changes resulting from these practices. …”
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Polystyrene microplastics disrupt adrenal steroid synthesis in male mice via mitochondrial dysfunction by Ying Xiong, Zhe Chen, Hanmin Xiang, Yi Liu, Yanlin Wang

“…We proposed that mitochondrial dysfunction not only directly influenced the biosynthetic processes of steroid hormones but also induced cell apoptosis through the initiation of cellular oxidative stress. …”
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Experimenter Effects on Pain Reporting in Women Vary across the Menstrual Cycle by Jacob M. Vigil, Jared DiDomenico, Chance Strenth, Patrick Coulombe, Eric Kruger, Andrea A. Mueller, Diego Guevara Beltran, Ian Adams

“…Based on the menstrual calendars 94 naturally cycling women and 38 women using hormonal contraceptives (Mage=19.83,  SD=3.09) were assigned to low and high fertility groups. …”
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Sabah ve Gece Yapılan Aerobik Egzersizin Antrenmanlı Deneklerde Serum İrisin Düzeyine Etkilerinin Belirlenmesi by Fatih Tan, Fatma Baydaş, Mustafa Deniz, Oğuz Özçelik, Sermin Algül

“…Enerji düzenlenmesi ile ilgili hormon düzeylerinin değişiminde egzersizin etkisi araştırmacılar arasında yoğun bir ilgiye sahip olan ilginç bir konudur ve irisin bu konuda özel bir öneme sahiptir. …”
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The potential of local orange peel-derived eco-enzymes in producing indole acetic acid by Siska Alicia Farma, Nurfa Dewiza Luzik, Salma Sakina, Irma Leilani Eka Putri, Linda Advinda, Azwir Anhar

“…Objective: This study aims to evaluate the capacity of ecoenzymes derived from local citrus organic waste to synthesize IAA hormones. Methods: The ecoenzyme was extracted from fruit powders and centrifuged to separate the supernatant. …”
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Lipedema: diagnosis, treatment and the vicious cycle - a review of the literature by Justyna Głowacka, Natalia Tekiela, Natalie Papachristoforou, Daria Michałka, Zuzanna Gałuszka, Monika Makar, Tomasz Bartuś, Emilia Bąk, Aleksandra Kocjan, Radosław Chmiel

“…It usually develops during a period of hormonal changes (puberty, pregnancy or menopause) and is often confused with lymphoedema or obesity, leading to a delay in correct diagnosis and the introduction of effective treatment. …”
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HISTOMORPHOLOGICAL ENHANCEMENT OF THE VAGINAL WALL IN DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE-TREATED POST-OVARIECTOMIZED WISTAR RATS by Lis Widodo Peni, Pilar Menara Falah, Yudha Nurdian

“…The exclusive source of post-menopausal sex hormones is dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA). Purpose: Observe the impact of orally administered DHEA in the vagina of a rat (Rattus norvegicus) post- bilateral ovariectomy. …”
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Increased Chromosomal and Oxidative DNA Damage in Patients with Multinodular Goiter and Their Association with Cancer by Hamiyet Donmez-Altuntas, Fahri Bayram, Nazmiye Bitgen, Sibel Ata, Zuhal Hamurcu, Gulden Baskol

“…This study evaluates cytokinesis-block micronucleus cytome (CBMN-cyt) assay parameters and plasma 8-OHdG levels and their association with thyroid nodule size and thyroid hormones in patients with multinodular goiter. The study included 32 patients with multinodular goiter and 18 age- and sex-matched healthy controls. …”
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Ball-milled synthesis of biochar-MOF nanocomposite for the concurrent recovery of mixed contaminants from wastewater by Sefiu Olaitan Amusat, Temesgen Girma Kebede, Edward Ndumiso Nxumalo, Simiso Dube, Mathew Muzi Nindi

“…The nanocomposite exhibited maximum adsorption capacities of 74.18–85.69 mgg−1 for heavy metals and 72.99–86.21 mgg−1 for steroidal hormones. Kinetic analysis showed the adsorption process followed a pseudo-second-order model. …”
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Phenotyping the males of mouse and rat strains with genetically defined behavioral disturbances in a model of sexual activation by M. A. Tikhonova, T. G. Amstislavskaya

“…The main gene for a high predisposition to catalepsy was shown to be associated with the expression of sexual motivation, but not with the hormonal component of sexual arousal (increase in plasma testosterone levels following exposure to a receptive female). …”
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Natural History of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: From Metabolic Syndrome to Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Melchor Alpízar Salazar, Samantha Estefanía Olguín Reyes, Andrea Medina Estévez, Julieta Alejandra Saturno Lobos, Jesús Manuel De Aldecoa Castillo, Juan Carlos Carrera Aguas, Samary Alaniz Monreal, José Antonio Navarro Rodríguez, Dulce María Fernanda Alpízar Sánchez

“…<i>Background</i>: Visceral fat distribution varies by gender, impacting MASLD development due to hormonal influences. Insulin resistance plays a central role in MASLD pathogenesis, exacerbated by high-fat diets and specific fatty acids, leading to hepatic steatosis. …”
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New therapies in pulmonary arterial hypertension: Recent insights by Giulia Guglielmi, Konstantinos Dimopoulos, S. John Wort

“…Finally, strategies that target the serotonin pathway, and other metabolic and hormonal pathways are described.This review includes both preclinical and clinical trial data that support efficacy, safety and the future potential of such therapies. …”
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The Impact of Spirulina Supplementation on Iraqi Obese Females: A Cohort Study by Abdullah Salim Al-Karawi, Ali Saad Kadhim, Ali Abdulmawjood Mohammed, Fakhri Alajeeli, Giuseppe Lippi

“…Cholesterol, triglyceride, High density lipid (HDL), Risk-1, Risk-2, Thyroid stimulated hormones (TSH), and hemoglobin-A1c (HBA1c) were examined before and after administering the supplements. …”
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Central Interleukin-1β Suppresses the Nocturnal Secretion of Melatonin by A. P. Herman, J. Bochenek, K. Król, A. Krawczyńska, H. Antushevich, B. Pawlina, A. Herman, K. Romanowicz, D. Tomaszewska-Zaremba

“…In vertebrates, numerous processes occur in a rhythmic manner. The hormonal signal reliably reflecting the environmental light conditions is melatonin. …”
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Potential Role of ANGPTL4 in the Cross Talk between Metabolism and Cancer through PPAR Signaling Pathway by Laura La Paglia, Angela Listì, Stefano Caruso, Valeria Amodeo, Francesco Passiglia, Viviana Bazan, Daniele Fanale

“…The transcriptional regulation of ANGPTL4 can be modulated by several transcription factors, including PPARα, PPARβ/δ, PPARγ, and HIF-1α, and nutritional and hormonal conditions. Several studies showed that high levels of ANGPTL4 are associated with poor prognosis in patients with various solid tumors, suggesting an important role in cancer onset and progression, metastasis, and anoikis resistance. …”
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Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus in Saudi Arabia: A Soaring Epidemic by Asirvatham Alwin Robert, Abdulrahman Al-Dawish, Muhammad Mujammami, Mohamed Abdulaziz Al Dawish

“…More alarmingly, the incidence of T1DM among infants is also increasing, with children as young as 6 months succumbing to it, instead of that at a rather established vulnerable age of around seven and near puberty, when the hormones antagonize the action of insulin. These reports pose a unique challenge of developing efficient T1DM management system for the young children. …”
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The role of DNA methylation in the disorders of bone metabolism by B. I. Yalaev, A. V. Tyurin, R. Y. Mirgalieva, R. I. Khusainova

“…Expanding knowledge in the field of bone biology, especially in the genetics of osteoporosis and osteoimmunology, showed that osteoporosis is a disease that occurs not only due to hormonal or mechanical disorders, but also as a clinically and genetically heterogeneous disease, and there are still unknown pathogenetic links in its structure. …”
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Foundational contributions of Svetlana Mojsov to the GLP-1 field by George Barany, Michael J. Barany

“…Biochemist Svetlana Mojsov, both as a graduate student at The Rockefeller University under the mentorship of Bruce Merrifield during the 1970s, and as an independent investigator at the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) during the 1980s, devised effective and robust methods for the chemical synthesis of the peptide hormones glucagon and glucagon-like peptide (GLP-1), along with numerous analogues of these key biomolecules. …”
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