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==Skene's gland== Because the [[Skene's gland]] and the male prostate act similarly by secreting [[prostate-specific antigen]] (PSA), which is an [[ejaculate]] protein produced in males, and of prostate-specific [[acid phosphatase]], the Skene's gland is sometimes referred to as the "female prostate".<ref>{{Cite journal |vauthors=Pastor Z, Chmel R |year=2017 |title=Differential diagnostics of female "sexual" fluids: a narrative review |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325024271 |journal=International Urogynecology Journal |volume=29 |issue=5 |pages=621β629 |doi=10.1007/s00192-017-3527-9 |pmid=29285596 |s2cid=5045626}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bullough |first1=Vern L. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UHymAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA231 |title=Human Sexuality: An Encyclopedia |last2=Bullough |first2=Bonnie |publisher=[[Routledge]] |year=2014 |isbn=978-1135825096 |page=231}}</ref> Although [[Homology (biology)|homologous]] to the male prostate (developed from the same [[embryological]] tissues),<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Lentz |first1=Gretchen M |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=X5KT_w6Nye8C&pg=PA41 |title=Comprehensive Gynecology |last2=Lobo |first2=Rogerio A. |last3=Gershenson |first3=David M |last4=Katz |first4=Vern L. |publisher=[[Elsevier Health Sciences]], Philadelphia |year=2012 |isbn=978-0323091312 |page=41}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last1=Hornstein |first1=Theresa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ibgKAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA61 |title=Biology of women |last2=Schwerin |first2=Jeri Lynn |publisher=Delmar, Cengage Learning |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-285-40102-7 |location=Clifton Park, NY |page=61 |oclc=911037670}}</ref> various aspects of its development in relation to the male prostate are widely unknown and a matter of research.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Toivanen R, Shen MM |year=2017 |title=Prostate organogenesis: tissue induction, hormonal regulation and cell type specification. |journal=Development |volume=144 |issue=8 |pages=1382β1398 |doi=10.1242/dev.148270 |pmc=5399670 |pmid=28400434}}</ref>
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