Sex differences in obesity development in pair-fed neuronal lipoprotein lipase deficient mice

Objective: Compared to men, postmenopausal women suffer from a disproportionate burden of many co-morbidities associated with obesity, e.g. cardiovascular disease, cancer, and dementia. The underlying mechanism for this sex difference is not well understood but is believed to relate to absence of th...

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Main Authors: Hong Wang, Yongping Wang, Matthew D. Taussig, Robert H. Eckel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-10-01
Series:Molecular Metabolism
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212877816300503