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ReviewAmerican journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism2018

Impact of estrogens and estrogen receptor-α in brain lipid metabolism.

Eugenia Morselli, Roberta de Souza Santos, Su Gao, Yenniffer Ávalos, Alfredo Criollo, Biff F Palmer, Deborah J Clegg

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Review in American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 43 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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Who cites it

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Eugenia MorselliDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile.
Roberta de Souza SantosCedars-Sinai Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Research , Los Angeles, California.
Su GaoCedars-Sinai Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Research , Los Angeles, California.
Yenniffer ÁvalosDepartment of Physiology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile , Santiago , Chile.
Alfredo CriolloAdvanced Center for Chronic Diseases and Center for Molecular Studies of the Cell , Santiago , Chile.
Biff F PalmerDepartment of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center , Dallas, Texas.
Deborah J CleggCedars-Sinai Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Department of Biomedical Research , Los Angeles, California.

Funding

Regulation of Food Intake and Body Weight by Hypothalamic ERAlphaR01DK073689 · NIDDK · UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER · PI CLEGG, DEBORAH J · 2006 to 2009
$1.1M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK073689
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Estrogens and their receptors play key roles in regulating body weight, energy expenditure, and metabolic homeostasis. It is known that lack of estrogens promotes increased food intake and induces the expansion of adipose tissues, for which much is known. An area of estrogenic research that has received less attention is the role of estrogens and their receptors in influencing intermediary lipid metabolism in organs such as the brain. In this review, we highlight the actions of estrogens and their receptors in regulating their impact on modulating fatty acid content, utilization, and oxidation through their direct impact on intracellular signaling cascades within the central nervous system.

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AnimalsBrain ChemistryEnergy MetabolismEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensHumansLipid MetabolismESR1 protein, humanEstrogen Receptor alphaEstrogensAlzheimer’s diseaseestrogensfatty acid oxidationfatty acidssexual dimorphism

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PMID29509437
PMCPMC7717113

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