The sexual dimorphism of obesity

Molecular and Cellular Endocrinology

Volumn 402, Issue , 2015, Pages 113-119

  Palmer, Biff F ^a   Clegg, Deborah J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Estrogen, estrogen receptor alpha; Obesity; Sexual dimorphism; Subcutaneous fat depot; Visceral fat depot

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A4; BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CHOLECYSTOKININ; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR BETA; GHRELIN; LEPTIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA, HUMAN;

ADIPOCYTE; ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; BASAL METABOLIC RATE; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BROWN ADIPOSE TISSUE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOSUCTION; MENOPAUSE; MENSTRUAL CYCLE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PREMENOPAUSE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; SYMPATHETIC TONE; THERMOGENESIS; WEIGHT GAIN; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADIPOSITY; ANIMALS; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRA-ABDOMINAL FAT; MALE; OBESITY; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT;

EID: 84921521036     PISSN: 03037207     EISSN: 18728057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mce.2014.11.029     Document Type: Review

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