Growth hormone's links to cancer

CL Boguszewski, MCS Boguszewski - Endocrine reviews, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Several components of the GH axis are involved in tumor progression, and GH-induced
intracellular signaling has been strongly associated with breast cancer susceptibility in …

Association between metabolic syndrome and breast cancer risk: an updated meta-analysis of follow-up studies

M Guo, T Liu, P Li, T Wang, C Zeng, M Yang… - Frontiers in …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Background: Association between metabolic syndrome (MetS) and incidence of breast
cancer remains to be validated. Moreover, whether menopausal status of the women affects …

Association between metabolic syndrome and prognosis of breast cancer: a meta-analysis of follow-up studies

P Li, T Wang, C Zeng, M Yang, G Li, J Han… - Diabetology & Metabolic …, 2020 - Springer
Abstract Background Metabolic syndrome (MetS) has been suggested to be a risk factor for
many cancers, including breast cancer. However, it remains unclear whether MetS predicts …

COVID-19: a possible contribution of the MAPK pathway

J Cusato, A Manca, A Palermiti, J Mula, M Costanzo… - Biomedicines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Background: COVID-19 is characterized by an uncontrolled inflammatory response with high
pro-inflammatory cytokine production through the activation of intracellular pathways, such …

Depressive symptoms and antidepressant use in relation to white blood cell count among postmenopausal women from the Women's Health Initiative

HA Beydoun, MA Beydoun… - Translational …, 2024 - nature.com
Inflammation can play a role in the pathophysiology of depression, and specific types of
antidepressants may have inflammatory or anti-inflammatory properties. Furthermore …

Biomarkers of glucose homeostasis as mediators of the relationship of body mass index and waist circumference with COVID-19 outcomes among postmenopausal …

HA Beydoun, TKS Ng, MA Beydoun, AH Shadyab… - Clinical Nutrition, 2023 - Elsevier
Background & aims Systematic reviews, meta-analyses and Mendelian randomization
studies suggest that cardiometabolic diseases may be associated with COVID-19 risk and …

[HTML][HTML] Relationships of depression and antidepressant use with epigenetic age acceleration and all-cause mortality among postmenopausal women

MA Beydoun, HA Beydoun, J Ashe… - Aging (Albany …, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
We investigated relations of depressive symptoms, antidepressant use, and epigenetic age
acceleration with all-cause mortality risk among postmenopausal women. Data were …

[HTML][HTML] A comprehensive look at the role of hyperlipidemia in promoting colorectal cancer liver metastasis

Y Shen, C Wang, Y Ren, J Ye - Journal of Cancer, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is one of the most malignant cancers, and it tends to migrate to the
liver and has a high mortality rate. Several mechanisms behind the metastasis of CRC have …

Pathways From Socioeconomic Factors to Major Cardiovascular Events Among Postmenopausal Veteran and Nonveteran Women: Findings From the Women's …

HA Beydoun, MA Beydoun, RL Kinney… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ahajournals.org
Background Cardiovascular disease (CVD) remains a leading cause of death for women in
the United States, with veterans being at potentially higher risk than their nonveteran …

Relationship of psychotropic medication use with physical function among postmenopausal women

HA Beydoun, MA Beydoun, E Kwon, BT Alemu… - GeroScience, 2024 - Springer
To examine cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships of psychotropic medications with
physical function after menopause. Analyses involved 4557 Women's Health Initiative Long …