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The effect of the anabolic steroid, stanozolol, on the production of procollagenase by human synovial and skin fibroblastsin vitro

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The ability of the anabolic steroid, stanozolol, to stimulate procollagenase production by human synovial and skin fibroblasts was examined in anin vitro assay system. Stanozolol is used therapeutically to treat a variety of connective tissue and vascular disorders and its clinical effects suggest that it can modulate connective tissue breakdown. The results showed that stanozolol was capable in a dose dependent manner, of significantly stimulating procollagenase production by skin fibroblasts. However, in three synovial fibroblast lines no evidence was found of increased collagenase production following treatment with stanozolol; although the synovial fibroblasts secreted significantly increased amounts of procollagenase in response to IL-1. These results may shed some light on the mechanism of actionin vivo of stanozolol in the treatment of connective tissue disorders.

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Wright, J.K., Smith, A.J., Cawston, T.E. et al. The effect of the anabolic steroid, stanozolol, on the production of procollagenase by human synovial and skin fibroblastsin vitro . Agents and Actions 28, 279–282 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01967415

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