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Prostate-Specific Antigen

PSA
Marker Reproductive

Tracks prostate activity and size. Useful mostly as a trend in men over forty rather than a single reading.

Relationships

2 connections

Prostate-Specific Antigen elevates

Androgen Receptor

The receptor every anabolic-androgenic steroid is designed to hit. Binding moves it into the nucleus where it switches on genes for muscle protein synthesis, and in other tissues for hair loss, prostate growth and oil production.

Prostate-Specific Antigen produces

Prostate

Growth here is driven mainly by DHT rather than testosterone, which is why compounds that resist 5-alpha-reductase are gentler on it.

Beyond this page

Prostate-Specific Antigen also connects to 1 entry in the applied modules, covering supplements, compounds, hormones and food sources. Those carry the mechanism and the evidence tier behind each link, and they are part of client coaching.

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