Estrogen signalling and the metabolic syndrome: targeting the hepatic estrogen receptor alpha action.

An increasing body of evidence now links estrogenic signalling with the metabolic syndrome (MS). Despite the beneficial estrogenic effects in reversing some of the MS symptoms, the underlying mechanisms remain largely undiscovered. We have previously shown that total estrogen receptor alpha (ERα) kn...

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Main Authors: Marko Matic, Galyna Bryzgalova, Hui Gao, Per Antonson, Patricia Humire, Yoko Omoto, Neil Portwood, Camilla Pramfalk, Suad Efendic, Per-Olof Berggren, Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Karin Dahlman-Wright
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3581463?pdf=render