Postnatal testosterone exposure results in insulin resistance, enlarged mesenteric adipocytes, and an atherogenic lipid profile in adult female rats: Comparisons with estradiol and dihydrotestosterone

Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 5369-5376

  Alexanderson, Camilla ^a   Eriksson, Elias ^a   Stener Victorin, Elisabet ^a   Lystig, Theodore ^a   Gabrielsson, Britt ^a   Lönn, Malin ^a   Holmäng, Agneta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN RECEPTOR; ANDROSTANOLONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADIPOCYTE; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATHEROGENESIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY WEIGHT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIPID STORAGE; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ABDOMINAL FAT; ADIPOCYTES, WHITE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CELL SIZE; DIHYDROTESTOSTERONE; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIPIDS; MESENTERY; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; RECEPTORS, ANDROGEN; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 35548980056     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: 00137227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/en.2007-0305     Document Type: Article

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