How to Use aromatase in a Sentence

aromatase

noun

• Anastrozole is in the class of medicines called aromatase inhibitors (AIs), which block the body from making estrogen.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 28 Oct. 2022
• Her discovery, a drug called an aromatase inhibitor, was made up in batches at the University of Maryland in downtown Baltimore.
  — baltimoresun.com, 20 Dec. 2017
• Her discovery, a drug called an aromatase inhibitor, was initially met with skepticism.
  — Jaques Kelly, latimes.com, 9 June 2017
• This happened, the group theorized, because AMH damped down levels of aromatase, an enzyme in the placenta that usually converts testosterone to a form of estrogen.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 14 May 2018
• Even after anti-estrogen treatments, known as aromatase inhibitors, were introduced as part of the regimen in recent decades, they were simply added on to chemotherapy.
  — Alice Park, Time, 7 June 2018
• Many supplements contain aromatase inhibitors, which assist to maintain free testosterone levels high.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
• With aromatase activity curtailed, extra testosterone snuck through and bathed the mouse fetuses in a PCOS-conducive environment.
  — Jennifer Couzin-Frankel, Science | AAAS, 14 May 2018
• But the effect that’s best understood is fat tissue’s ability to convert circulating steroids into estrogen via the enzyme aromatase, Dr. Jensen explains.
  — Sarah Jacoby, SELF, 26 June 2018
• All of the women were given standard hormonal therapy -- an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen -- plus a medication that shuts down the ovaries' production of estrogen.
  — Amy Norton, CBS News, 3 June 2019
• All participants were given standard hormone therapy (an aromatase inhibitor or tamoxifen) as well as a medication that shuts down the ovaries' production of estrogen.
  — Samantha Lauriello, Health.com, 4 June 2019
• And all naturally occurring estrogen in humans was once testosterone, transformed into estrogen by the enzyme aromatase.
  — Grace Huckins, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
• According to the World Anti-Doping Agency, letrozole is an aromatase inhibitor that can act as a hormonal and metabolic stimulant by increasing testosterone concentration.
  — Bianca Britton, CNN, 12 June 2018
• Other drugs called aromatase inhibitors completely stop the production of estrogen—giving estrogen-receptor positive cancer nothing to work with.
  — Jessie Van Amburg, Health.com, 16 Sep. 2021
• Examples of endocrine therapy include aromatase inhibitors and ovarian suppression medications to lower estrogen levels, as well as drugs like tamoxifen to block estrogen from attaching to cancer cells.
  — Erika Edwards, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 2 Sep 2024