title: [Hormones and hair growth in man].
abstract: A literature review tries to diminish the ambiguity between hormones and hairs. Therefore the hormonal action in general (regulation of the protein synthesis indirectly by enzymatical regulation of the AMP-system or directly by hormones as active metabolites) and the methods to explore hormones-hair-interaction are discussed. Hormones pertaining to the pituitary-adrenal-gonadal axis are regarded as the paramount hormones; therefore the results of research in testosterone, 5-alpha-dihydrotestosterone, estrogens, progesterone, glucocorticoids, the hypophysis and its tropins are recapitulated. The main disorders of hair-growth, pattern baldness and "idiopathic" hirsutism, which would be dependent on a similar disturbance of androgen metabolism, are discussed. Pathology in hair-growth may arise in any point of the cascade of hormone action.
mesh_terms: D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases / Q000378:metabolism; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000505:Alopecia / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D000242:Cyclic AMP / Q000378:metabolism; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone / Q000378:metabolism; D004967:Estrogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D005260:Female; D006197:Hair / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000378:metabolism; D006628:Hirsutism / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006915:Hydroxytestosterones / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009638:Norepinephrine / Q000378:metabolism; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D004967:Estrogens; D006915:Hydroxytestosterones; D013196:Dihydrotestosterone; D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D000242:Cyclic AMP; D000262:Adenylyl Cyclases; D009638:Norepinephrine
vernacular_title: Hormone und Haarwachstum beim Menschen.