Adipocyte Metabolism and Health in Postmenopausal Women
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutrition in Women".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 July 2022) | Viewed by 31086
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Postmenopausal women represent a fast-growing segment of the population with a unique cardiometabolic risk profile and for whom there is an unmet need for preventative and therapeutic options. Among the most highly sought out non-estrogenic therapies for the prevention and management of the metabolic conditions (e.g., obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, etc.) afflicting peri- and postmenopausal women are nutritional and dietary supplements. However, there is a critical need to better understand their molecular mechanisms and efficacy.
Studies have repeatedly demonstrated: (A) the importance of adipocyte metabolism on cardiometabolic health and related diseases; (B) negative adipose tissue-specific effects of estrogen loss. Thus, there is a need to better understand both the mechanisms by which estrogen loss affects adipocyte and systemic metabolism, as well as the mechanisms and efficacy of potential dietary/alternative treatments designed to target adipose tissue.
This Special Issue will collate recent high-quality research in the field of adipocyte metabolism focusing on the investigation of adipocyte-specific mechanisms by which sex hormones and potential therapeutics affect immune, metabolic, and endocrine changes at the tissue (i.e., both white and brown adipose tissue-specific actions) and organismal level. Both original research articles and reviews spanning clinical and preclinical work are welcome.
Dr. Victoria J. Vieira-Potter
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- Adipocyte
- Insulin resistance
- Menopause
- Metabolism
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