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Gender and Disease
Uncoupling proteins are gender dependent and affect weight control
May 31st, 2004
Uncoupling proteins are gender dependent and affect body weight control. "Members of the uncoupling protein (UCP) family have different purported functions, which can be either directly or indirectly related to the control of body weight. In this sense, most studies on this topic have been carried out using male subjects, although different works with males and females have shown important sex-associated differences in the regulation of these proteins; for instance, sex differences have been shown in the cold-, diet-, and overweight-induced expression of brown adipose tissue UCP1 and also in the correlation of muscle UCP3 with overweight," scientists writing in the...
Source: Obesity & Diabetes Week (2004-05-31)
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