![Loading...](https://link.springer.com/static/c4a417b97a76cc2980e3c25e2271af3129e08bbe/images/pdf-preview/spacer.gif)
-
Article
Reply to Armani et al. Can cortisol stimulate adipogenesis without the glucocorticoid receptor?
-
Article
The glucocorticoid receptor, not the mineralocorticoid receptor, plays the dominant role in adipogenesis and adipokine production in human adipocytes
Both the glucocorticoid receptor (GR) and the mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) are expressed in adipose tissue and assumed to mediate cortisol actions on adipose tissue. The relative significance of the two rec...
-
Article
A microarray analysis of sexual dimorphism of adipose tissues in high-fat-diet-induced obese mice
A sexual dimorphism exists in body fat distribution; females deposit relatively more fat in subcutaneous/inguinal depots whereas males deposit more fat in the intra-abdominal/gonadal depot. Our objective was t...
-
Article
Different forms of obesity as a function of diet composition
To characterize the phenotype of obesity on a high-carbohydrate diet (HCD) as compared to a high-fat diet (HFD) or moderate-fat diet (MFD).
-
Chapter and Conference Paper
Enhancement of Insulin Binding and Glucose Transport by Acarbose in Adipocytes of Zucker Rats
Acarbose (BAY g 5421) is an intestinal α-glucosidase inhibitor which slows carbohydrate digestion and the rate of glucose absorption from the gut. To test whether longterm administration of acarbose alters adi...