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Title: | Steroid hormones interrelationships in the metabolic syndrome: an introduction to the ponderostat hypothesis |
Author: | Alemany, Marià, 1946- |
Keywords: | Hormones sexuals Andrògens Estrògens Síndrome metabòlica Obesitat Trastorns del metabolisme Teixit adipós Glucocorticoides Sex hormones Androgens Estrogen Metabolic syndrome Obesity Disorders of metabolism Adipose tissues Glucocorticoids |
Issue Date: | Aug-2012 |
Publisher: | Greek Endocrine Society |
Abstract: | Sexual dimorphism in the metabolic syndrome. The clairvoyant early implication of sex hormones in the characterization of the metabolic syndrome (MS) was detected early, and in accordance with the well-known sex-related main patterns of fat deposition in obesity: gynoid and android. The differences point to a direct implication of androgens and estrogens in the development, properties and maintenance of obesity and, by extension, to the cumulus of diseases grouped in the MS. For a long time, the key issue of the MS, i.e. the metabolic event explaining (and justifying) most of the derangements of the MS, has been considered to be insulin resistance (...) |
Note: | Reproducció del document publicat a: http://www.hormones.gr/806/article/article.html |
It is part of: | Hormones. International Journal Of Endocrinology And Metabolism, 2012, vol. 11, num. 3, p. 272-289 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/53849 |
ISSN: | 1109-3099 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Nutrició, Ciències de l'Alimentació i Gastronomia) |
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