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TI A decreasing CD4+/CD8+ ratio after one month of treatment with
stanazolol in postmenopausal women.
DT 9602
AU Zofkova I; Kancheva RL; Hampl R; Institute of Endocrinology, Prague,
Czech Republic.
SO Steroids. 1995 Jul;60(7):430-3. Unique Identifier : AIDSLINE
MED/96065927
AB Androgens influence some immunological processes, including the
differentiation of T-cells in CD4+ (helpers) or CD8+
(suppressors/cytotoxic) phenotype. In nine postmenopausal osteoporotic
women the effect of stanazolol on lymphocyte counts, CD3+ and the
immunoregulatory index (CD4+/CD8+) were investigated. In the placebo
group, ten postmenopausal osteoporotic women of similar age were
included. The means of the investigated indices after stanazolol as
compared with the values before treatment were as follows: lymphocyte
counts (cells/microL +/- SEM) 2974 +/- 225 versus 2313 +/- 166, CD3+ (%)
54.3 +/- 5.5 versus 70.9 +/- 1.6 (P < 0.05); CD4+/CD8+ ratio 1.8 +/-
0.02 versus 2.5 +/- 0.28 (P < 0.05). The values after placebo as
compared with the values before placebo were: 2558 +/- 201 versus 2370
+/- 256, 62.9 +/- 2.1 versus 64.8 +/- 1.7 and 1.6 +/- 0.2 versus 1.6 +/-
0.1 in sequence. The treatment was controlled by the serum stanazolol
levels before and after steroid administration (unmeasurable versus 20.8
+/- 3.4 nmol/L, P < 0.01). The good compliance of the therapy was
confirmed by a decline of serum LH (U/L; 30.1 +/- 3.1 versus 24.7 +/-
2.8, P = 0.014), FSH (U/L; 108.9 +/- 13.1 versus 93.3 +/- 12.8, P =
0.012) and serum sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG; nmol/L; 53.3 +/-
13.3 versus 11.2 +/- 1.9, P < 0.01). The decline of SHBG indicates a
good tissue sensitivity to the androgen. There were no significant
differences between hormonal parameters before and after placebo
treatment. In conclusion, the immunosuppressive effect of the androgen,
stanazolol, was confirmed in the investigated postmenopausal
osteoporotic women.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
DE Anabolic Steroids/*THERAPEUTIC USE *CD4-CD8 Ratio Female FSH/BLOOD
Human LH/BLOOD Middle Age Osteoporosis, Postmenopausal/*DRUG
THERAPY/*IMMUNOLOGY Placebos Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin/METABOLISM
Stanozolol/BLOOD/*THERAPEUTIC USE Support, Non-U.S. Gov't CLINICAL
TRIAL CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL JOURNAL ARTICLE
SOURCE: National Library of Medicine. NOTICE: This material may be
protected by Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.Code).