Abstract
Benign hyperplasia of prostate and prostatic carcinoma are two important diseases of aging male with very high incidence rate. Androgens have been implicated in the pathogenesis of both BHP and Ca prostate. Dihydrotestosterone (the 5-α reduced derivative of Testosterone) is the major metabolite of testosterone in prostate. So DHT is thought to play an important role in the development and progression of both the diseases. The present study was aimed at assessing the inter-relationship between the tissue level of 5α-dihydrotestosterone and pathogenesis of benign hyperplasia of prostate and prostatic carcinoma. The tissue level of DHT has been estimated in transition zone and peripheral zone of prostate in BHP and Ca prostate patients the comparative analysis of the above parameters suggests that, 5α-DHT is implicated in the pathogenesis of BHP and Ca prostate in a zone-wise manner. The findings of the present study also reveal that, prostatic tissue level of 5α-DHT may be explored as a possible marker for the diagnosis of benign hyperplasia of prostate and prostatic carcinoma.
Keywords: Benign hyperplasia of prostate, prostatic carcinoma, Dihydrotestosterone, transition zone, peripheral zone of prostate.
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Corresponding Author
Sharmistha Chatterjee
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry,
College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital,Kamarhati, Kolkata
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DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v6i1.09
