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A glucocorticoid receptor gene marker is associated with abdominal obesity, leptin, and dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis.
Obesity research - 1 May 2000
Rosmond R, Chagnon Y C, Holm G, Chagnon M, Pérusse L, Lindell K, Carlsson B, Bouchard C, Björntorp P
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OBJECTIVE: Abdominal obesity has a key role in the pathogenesis of prevalent and serious diseases and has been shown to be associated with an altered hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis function, which is regulated by endocrine feedback mediated via hippocampal glucocorticoid receptors (GR). RESEARCH METHODS AND PROCEDURES: We examined the HPA axis function by repeated salivary samples for the assessment of...
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