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      Growth Hormone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I and Lipid Metabolism: Interactions with Sex Steroids

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      Hormone Research in Paediatrics
      S. Karger AG
      Growth hormone, Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone, Adipose tissue, Cortisol

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          Abstract

          Steroid hormones usually act via specific receptors and the hormone-receptor complex then influences the transcription of genes. These effects are often permissive for the actions of peptide hormones such as insulin and growth hormone (GH). The best known effects are those of cortisol. Since cortisol is always present, the sex steroids often modify cortisol effects. In adipose tissue, lipoprotein lipase (LPL), in the presence of insulin, is expressed via a glucocorticoid receptor, increasing transcription and stabilizing the enzyme. This process is efficiently inhibited by GH via posttranslational effects, and lipolysis is markedly stimulated. Testosterone inhibits LPL expression and, in the presence of GH, markedly increases lipolysis via multiple interactions along the lipolytic cascade. In human adipose tissue, direct effects of estrogen and progesterone cannot be demonstrated, probably because of the apparent absence of specific receptors. These hormones presumably via indirect mechanisms, perhaps by interaction with other hormone receptors.

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          Journal
          HRE
          Horm Res Paediatr
          10.1159/issn.1663-2818
          Hormone Research in Paediatrics
          S. Karger AG
          978-3-8055-6432-8
          978-3-318-00112-9
          1663-2818
          1663-2826
          1996
          1996
          09 December 2008
          : 46
          : 4-5
          : 188-191
          Affiliations
          Department of Heart and Lung Diseases, Sahlgren’s Hospital, University of Göteborg, Sweden
          Article
          185021 Horm Res 1996;46:188–191
          10.1159/000185021
          8950619
          fd1fae9a-885a-4db5-b500-58418efc0e7c
          © 1996 S. Karger AG, Basel

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          Pages: 4
          Categories
          Session 2: GH, IGF-I and Metabolism

          Endocrinology & Diabetes,Neurology,Nutrition & Dietetics,Sexual medicine,Internal medicine,Pharmacology & Pharmaceutical medicine
          Adipose tissue,Growth hormone,Cortisol,Testosterone,Estrogen,Progesterone

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