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Body, metabolic and renal changes following cross-sex estrogen/progestogen therapy in a rodent model simulating its use by transwomen.

J V Gusmão-SilvaD C K LichteneckerL G A FerreiraÍ GoisR ArgeriG N GomesMagnus Régios Dias-da-Silva
Published in: Journal of endocrinological investigation (2022)
Cross-sex hormone therapy with E2EN/DHPA significantly modified body characteristics in male rats, producing a feminizing change without altering blood pressure or generating harmful metabolic parameters, but larger translational studies are still needed.
Keyphrases
  • blood pressure
  • heart rate
  • hypertensive patients
  • metabolic syndrome
  • mesenchymal stem cells
  • adipose tissue
  • bone marrow
  • blood glucose