Gender Differences in Metabolic Syndrome – A Key Research Issue

Title: Gender Differences in Metabolic Syndrome – A Key Research Issue

Volume: 11 Issue: 3

Author(s): Abishek Iyer, Kathleen Kauter and Lindsay Brown

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Keywords: Female bias, metabolic syndrome, inflammation, cardiovascular disease, reproduction, rat reproductive biology, socioeconomic, uterine, breast cancers, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis, systemic lupus, autism, schizophrenia, asthma

Abstract: Metabolic syndrome as a clustering of risk factors for diabetes and cardiovascular disease affects both men and women, but with important gender differences. Animal models have been used to understand disease progression and define therapeutic options, but most pre-clinical research on metabolic syndrome is undertaken in males. This opinion piece discusses the differences in male and female physiology that may influence both the development and the responses to pharmacological interventions of metabolic disorders, especially obesity. An appreciation of gender differences should improve the design and usefulness of biomedical experimental research to allow the development of relevant genderbased treatment options for chronic diseases including obesity, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases.

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Iyer Abishek, Kauter Kathleen and Brown Lindsay, Gender Differences in Metabolic Syndrome – A Key Research Issue, Endocrine, Metabolic & Immune Disorders - Drug Targets 2011; 11 (3) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/187153011796429808