Androgen and growth hormone-STAT5b axis role in sexual dimorphism of NAFLD
Male | Effect(s) | Female | Effect(s) |
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↓ Levels of androgen | Associated with insulin resistance, T2DM, obesity, and NAFLD | ↑ Levels of androgen | Associated with the features of metabolic syndrome, NAFLD, and severe fibrosis |
STAT5b-knockout male mice | Postnatal growth-retardation;obesity;↑ hepatic steatosis;↑ PPARγ;enhance insulin sensitivity to further increase lipogenesis | STAT5b-knockout female mice | Near-normal postnatal growth |
STAT5b inactivity in human | Obesity | ---- | ---- |
Testosterone deficiency | ↓ STAT5b | ---- | ---- |
↑ increased; ↓ decreased; ---- sex-balanced studies not available
NCS; PJG; CT and NR contributed conception and design of the review and in the writing of the different sections of the review. All authors contributed to manuscript revision, read and approved the submitted version.
The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.
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NCS is funded by the Department of Science and Technology-Philippine Council for Health Research and Development (DOST-PCHRD), Philippines; PJG is supported by Post-doctoral Fellowships 2020 from Fondazione Umberto Veronesi, Italy; NR is funded by Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Trieste (CRTrieste) and by Fondazione Italiana Fegato ONLUS.
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