Anti-inflammatory properties at least in the covid study below:
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"While androgens are both circulating and produced in tissue, elevated tissue DHT, implicated in Androgenetic Alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostate cancer, as well as AR sensitivity, may be better predictors of COVID-19 severity than circulating androgen levels. Changes in serum testosterone and DHT in response to dutasteride occur as early as one to two days after dutasteride initiation,.."
Early Antiandrogen Therapy With Dutasteride Reduces Viral Shedding, Inflammatory Responses, and Time-to-Remission in Males With COVID-19: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Interventional Trial (EAT-DUTA AndroCoV Trial – Biochemical)
Background and objectiveSevere acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) cell entry and subsequent infectivity are mediated by androgens and the androgen receptors through the regulation of transmembrane protease, serine 2 (TMPRSS2). Androgenetic ...
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
"While androgens are both circulating and produced in tissue, elevated tissue DHT, implicated in Androgenetic Alopecia and benign prostatic hyperplasia, and prostate cancer, as well as AR sensitivity, may be better predictors of COVID-19 severity than circulating androgen levels. Changes in serum testosterone and DHT in response to dutasteride occur as early as one to two days after dutasteride initiation,.."