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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biol Psychiatry Cogn Neurosci Neuroimaging. 2022 Jul 18;7(12):1268–1279. doi: 10.1016/j.bpsc.2022.07.002

Table 1.

Nuclear and Membrane Receptors for Sex Steroid Hormones

Receptor Estrogen Androgen Progestogen
Nuclear ER-α,ER-β AR PR-A, PR-B
Membrane-Bound, Steroid Specific GPER1/GPR30, Gq-mER, ER-X GPR56 mPR family PGRMC1
Other TRPV1 TRPM8 TRPV1

AR, androgen receptor; ER, estrogen receptor; GPER1/GPR30: G protein–coupled estrogen receptor 1/G protein–coupled receptor 30; Gq-mER, Gq–coupled membrane estrogen receptor; GPR56, G protein–coupled receptor 56; mPR, membrane tethered progesterone receptor; PR, progesterone receptor; PGRMC1, progesterone receptor membrane component 1; TRPM8, transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily M member 8 (menthol receptor 1); TRPV1, transient receptor potential cation channel subfamily V member 1 (capsaicin receptor, vanilloid receptor 1).