Metabolic profiling of cholesterol and sex steroid hormones to monitor urological diseases

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   Figure 1

   Overview of cholesterol and steroid hormone pathways.
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   Figure 2

   Our metabolomic profile showing the distinct patterns between prostate cancer and healthy controls.
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   Figure 3

   High cholesterol, high sex steroids and hair loss were observed in mice with chronic high-cholesterol diet. Line within the value represents the median.
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   Figure 4

   Metabolic ratios of hair androgens in patients with prostate cancer and male pattern baldness compared with healthy control subjects. Line within the value represents the median.
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   Figure 5

   The clinically applicable hair metabolomic approaches to monitor cholesterol and steroid hormone levels in urological diseases.

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