
Originally Posted by
nooby
As the steroid travels throughout the body they come into contact with cells. When they come into contact with cells that have receptor sites, that they can fit in, and bind to, it forms a complex, which interacts with the nucleus of the cell. It is there that it accelerates gene transcription, a template of the DNA is created, as well as messenger RNA. The messenger RNA is then released into the cytoplasim (liquid part of the cell) where it interacts with RNA, causing the translation of the message, then protein synthesis occurs.
and that is not the only way AAS works some of them cause an effect in the liver, where some steroids cause the release of certain growth factors