UCLA estrogen study provides insight into the metabolic syndrome

September 2011 - Could estrogen regulators play a part in the development of metabolic syndrome? They can, according to a recent study by the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Researchers evaluated the effects of removing estrogen regulator alpha in female mice and discovered that the loss of this protein alone was enough to increase the accumulation of fat and development of atherosclerosis, as well as causing the mice to develop glucose intolerance, insulin resistance and inflammation — all aspects of metabolic syndrome.

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