The serum levels of 17β-estradiol, progesterone and triiodothyronine correlate with brown adipose tissue thermogenic parameters during aging

Cellular Physiology and Biochemistry

Volumn 22, Issue 1-4, 2008, Pages 337-346

  Valle, Adamo ^b   Santandreu, Francisca Maria ^b   García Palmer, Francisco José ^b   Roca, Pilar ^b   Oliver, Jordi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Mitochondria; Sex steroids; T3; Thyroid hormones; UCP1

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESTRADIOL; LIOTHYRONINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE; TESTOSTERONE; THYROXINE; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; ION CHANNEL; MITOCHONDRIAL UNCOUPLING PROTEIN; TFAM PROTEIN, RAT; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AGING; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BODY WEIGHT; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGESTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; RAT; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; WHITE ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CELL RESPIRATION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; METABOLISM; ORGAN SIZE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; THERMOGENESIS; WISTAR RAT;

RATTUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE, BROWN; AGING; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CELL RESPIRATION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT COMPLEX IV; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; ION CHANNELS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL PROTEINS; ORGAN SIZE; PROGESTERONE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; THERMOGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRIIODOTHYRONINE;

EID: 51149091028     PISSN: 10158987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000149812     Document Type: Article

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