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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-3-13
pubmed:abstractText
To determine whether the route of administration or the type of estrogen used in estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) is more important in avoiding effects on hepatic function, 24 postmenopausal women were studied before and at the end of 2 months of oral or percutaneous administration of the same estrogen, estradiol-17 beta (E2). The treatments studied were oral micronized E2, 2 mg/day (9 women); oral E2 valerate, 2 mg/day (5 women), and percutaneous E2, 3 mg/day (10 women). Specific plasma biological and biochemical markers of estrogenic action were evaluated, namely, E2, estrone (E1), LH, FSH, sex steroid binding protein (SBP), renin substrate, antithrombin activity, and lipoproteins (high density lipoprotein cholesterol, low density lipoprotein cholesterol, very low density lipoprotein triglycerides). Both oral and percutaneous administration of E2 increased plasma E2 levels up to midfollicular values and decreased LH and FSH levels into the same range. Oral administration of E2 led to substantial increases in plasma E1, SBP, renin substrate, and VLDL levels, whereas AT decreased significantly. Percutaneous administration of E2 led to a physiological plasma E1/E2 ratio and did not induce any change in hepatic proteins. These data suggest that the route of administration of E2 determines the biochemical response to ERT in postmenopausal women. SBP is the most sensitive marker of the liver action of estrogen, and triglycerides also are simple and useful markers for this effect. Percutaneous E2 therapy is an effective method of ERT, and has no measurable effects on hepatic markers of estrogen action.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-972X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
62
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
N
pubmed:pagination
536-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
Biological effects of estradiol-17 beta in postmenopausal women: oral versus percutaneous administration.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article