estrogen
"If estrogen is like yin (feminine, dark, moist, cooling), progesterone is like yang (masculine, light, dry, warming). Like yin and yang, estrogen and progesterone ..."
...that propagates the message, you need to be more fatty and feminine. Or maybe estrogen is a carnival barker telling the cells and organs to be more feminine.
"The estrogen receptor is like a keyhole in a locked door, and estrogen is the key that opens that door and "turns on" growth-promoting effects in the cell. However, among dozens of keys, you might find some that fit into the keyhole but do not work to turn the lock and open the door."
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