Hepatic estrogen receptor α is critical for regulation of gluconeogenesis and lipid metabolism in males

Scientific Reports

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2017, Pages

  Qiu, Shuiqing ^a   Vazquez, Juliana Torrens ^b   Boulger, Erin ^c   Liu, Haiyun ^a   Xue, Ping ^a   Hussain, Mehboob Ali ^a   Wolfe, Andrew ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PONCE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; PYRUVIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BODY WEIGHT; DRUG EFFECT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN; GENETICS; GLUCONEOGENESIS; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; ENERGY METABOLISM; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GLUCONEOGENESIS; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LIPID METABOLISM; LIVER; MALE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; PYRUVIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 85019171718     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-01937-4     Document Type: Article

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