The rising incidence of metabolic diseases worldwide has prompted renewed interest in the
study of intermediary metabolism and cellular bioenergetics. The application of modern …

Androgens are steroid hormones with pleotropic and diverse biochemical and physiological
functions, and androgen deficiency exerts a negative impact on human health. Testosterone …

Background: Treatment with estrogen in early menopausal women protects against
development of hepatic steatosis and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease but estrogen has …

Objective Abuse of anabolic androgenic steroids (AAS) is prevalent among young men, but
information regarding effects on insulin sensitivity and fat distribution is limited. The objective …

The purpose of this review is to provide health practitioners and physicians the most current
state of the research on sarcopenia, its consequences, and to offer a summary of consensus …

We determined the effect of dioxin-like polychlorinated naphtalenes (PCN)(Halowax
1051)(100 pg/ml), benzo (a) pyrene [B (a) P](2.5 ng/ml), hexachlorobenzene (HCBz)(0.2 …

Objective Serum sex steroid concentrations may alter body composition and glucose
homoeostasis in men in a dose‐response manner. We evaluated these end‐points in …

Adipokines are known as important adiposity signals and play certain roles in various
biological processes. Now their involvement in the regulation of hypothalamus pituitary …

Adipocyte-derived secretory proteins (termed adipokines) play important roles in regulating
systemic glucose and lipid metabolism, and their functions are frequently dysregulated in …

BACKGROUND: Treatment with estrogen in early menopausal women protects against
development of hepatic steatosis and NAFLD but estrogen has undesirable side effects …