Browsing by Subject "Insulin-resistance"

Now showing items 1-3 of 3

    • Classic and novel sex hormone binding globulin effects on the cardiovascular system in men 
      Basualto Alarcón, Carla; Llanos Vidal, Paola; García Rivas, Gerardo; Troncoso Magñin, Mayarling Francisca; Lagos, Daniel; Barrientos Briones, Genaro Christian; Estrada, Manuel (Hindawi, 2021)
      In men, 70% of circulating testosterone binds with high affinity to plasma sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG), which determines its bioavailability in their target cells. In recent years, a growing body of evidence has ...
    • Natural Killer T (NKT) cells and periodontitis: potential regulatory role of NKT10 cells 
      Melgar Rodríguez, Samanta Azucena; Cafferata Chea, Emilio Alfredo; Díaz, Nicolás I.; Peña, Miguel A.; González Osuna, Luis; Rojas, Carolina; Sierra Cristancho, Alfredo José; Cárdenas, Angélica M.; Díaz Zúñiga, Jaime; Vernal Astudillo, Rolando Marcelo (Hindawi, 2021)
      Natural killer T (NKT) cells constitute a unique subset of T lymphocytes characterized by specifically interacting with antigenic glycolipids conjugated to the CD1d receptor on antigen-presenting cells. Functionally, NKT ...
    • A sexually dimorphic hypothalamic response to chronic highfat diet consumption 
      Morselli, E.; Frank, A. P.; Palmer, B. F.; Rodriguez Navas, C.; Criollo Céspedes, Alfredo; Clegg, D. J. (Nature Publishing Group, 2016)
      In this review, we discuss the observations that, following chronic high-fat diet (HFD) exposure, male mice have higher levels of saturated fatty acids (FAs) and total sphingolipids, whereas lower amounts of polyunsaturated ...