Novel regulators of glucose metabolism and inflammation in adipose tissue of females

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/550923

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Obesity is a common problem which can lead to development of diabetes and heart disease. One of the major mechanisms by which obesity leads to these diseases involves a defect in the ability of insulin to stimulate uptake of glucose into cells. We have found that excess of the sex hormone testosterone in women can contribute to this defect in tissues. This study will investigate why testosterone causes this defect in females and whether this defect can be prevented using existing drug therapies.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2009

End Date: 01-01-2016

Funding Scheme: Early Career Fellowships

Funding Amount: $282,830.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Nutritional science

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

adipose tissue | androgens | inflammation | insulin signalling | mineralocorticoid receptor

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