Gender differences in both spontaneous and stimulated leptin secretion by human omental adipose tissue in vitro: Dexamethasone and estradiol stimulate leptin release in women, but not in men

Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 2149-2155

  Casabiell, Xesús ^a   Piñeiro, Verónica ^a   Peino, Roberto ^a   Lage, Mary ^a   Camiña, Jesús ^a   Gallego, Rosalía ^a   Vallejo, Luis Garcia ^b   Dieguez, Carlos ^a   Casanueva, Felipe F ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE CONXO   (Spain)

^c Complejo Hospitalario Univ Santiago ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE; FORSKOLIN; LEPTIN; PROGESTERONE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONAL REGULATION; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OMENTUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CYCLIC AMP; DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; FORSKOLIN; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HUMANS; L-LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LEPTIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OMENTUM; ORGAN CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROTEINS;

EID: 0031763786     PISSN: 0021972X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/jc.83.6.2149     Document Type: Article

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