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Sex Hormones Regulate Hepatic Fetuin Expression in Male and Female Rats
Author(s) -
Sang Woo Kim,
JungWon Choi,
DongSeok Lee,
Jong Won Yun
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
cellular physiology and biochemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.486
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1421-9778
pISSN - 1015-8987
DOI - 10.1159/000363022
Subject(s) - hormone , medicine , endocrinology , sex hormone binding globulin , biology , dihydrotestosterone , receptor , testosterone (patch) , in vivo , sexual dimorphism , sex hormone receptor , antagonist , estrogen receptor , androgen , microbiology and biotechnology , cancer , breast cancer
To date, there are limited studies on the sex-specific relationship between fetuins (Ft-A and Ft-B) and metabolic diseases. Our recent proteomic study has shown that fetuins may play sex-dependent roles in obesity and diabetes. In the present study, we investigated the expression of hepatic fetuins with respect to the effects of sex hormones both in vivo and in vitro.

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