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DHEA

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DHEA  (dch)
n.
1. An androgenic steroid hormone secreted largely by the adrenal cortex and found in human urine.
2. A synthetic preparation of this hormone used as a nutritional supplement.
[d(e)h(ydro)e(pi)a(ndrosterone).]


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Halina Offner, PhD, and her colleagues at the Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Oregon, have found that some estrogen-related hormones, called DHEA derivatives, seem to send a "wake-up call" to the Tregs.
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