ANTIPROGESTINS WITH PARTIAL AGONIST ACTIVITY

摘要

The present invention features methods of inhibiting progestin activity in a cell or in a subject in need of such inhibition, and methods of treating or preventing progestin-dependent conditions in a subject in need of such treatment or prevention. The methods include administering an effective amount of a C-17-derivatized dexamethasone antiprogestin to the cell or the subject. The invention also provides methods of screening substances for progestin or antiprogestin activity, and methods of detecting progestins, progestin agonists, or antiprogestins in a sample, using the C-17-derivatized dexamethasone antiprogestins of the invention.