Browsing Dissertations and Theses by Author "Iñigo, Melissa Mae Raval"
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Induced ablation of skeletal muscle-specific estrogen receptor-alpha in adult female mice increased the susceptibility to develop skeletal muscle inflammation and glucose intolerance under chronic lipid overload
Iñigo, Melissa Mae Raval (East Carolina University, 2018-04-27)Skeletal muscle-specific ER[alpha] appears to play important roles in regulating skeletal muscle glucose and lipid homeostasis. The overall aim of this dissertation was to determine whether skeletal muscle-specific ER[alpha] ...