Glucocorticoids, which are well established to regulate body fat mass distribution, adipocyte lipolysis, hepatic gluconeogenesis, and hepatocyte VLDL secretion, are speculated to play a role in the pa…
Authors: Alli M Nuotio-Antar, David L Hachey, Alyssa H Hasty
Source: American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism 2007 Dec
View Full Text11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type I (11beta-HSD1), an NADPH-dependent reductase, functions in intact cells to convert inactive 11-keto metabolites of glucocorticoids into biologically active gl…
Authors: Alli M Nuotio-Antar, Alyssa H Hasty, William J Kovacs
Source: The Journal of steroid biochemistry and molecular biology 2006 May
View Full TextDespite a clear association between obesity, insulin resistance and atherosclerosis in humans, to date, no animal models have been described in which insulin resistance is associated with atherosclero…
Authors: Marnie L Gruen, Viswanathan Saraswathi, Alli M Nuotio-Antar, Michelle R Plummer, Kimberly R Coenen, Alyssa H Hasty
Source: Atherosclerosis 2006 May
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