Rodrigo P A Barros
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Miao Y, Su W, Dai Y, Wu W, Huang B, Barros R, et al.
Sci Rep
. 2016 Dec;
6:38579.
PMID: 27922125
Estrogen, via estrogen receptor alpha (ERα), exerts several beneficial effects on metabolism and energy homeostasis by controlling size, enzymatic activity and hormonal content of adipose tissue. The actions of estrogen...
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Insight into the mechanisms of action of estrogen receptor β in the breast, prostate, colon, and CNS
Dey P, Barros R, Warner M, Strom A, Gustafsson J
J Mol Endocrinol
. 2013 Sep;
51(3):T61-74.
PMID: 24031087
Estrogen and its receptors (ERs) influence many biological processes in physiology and pathology in men and women. ERs are involved in the etiology and/or progression of cancers of the prostate,...
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Tan X, Dai Y, Wu W, Kim H, Barros R, Richardson T, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2012 Feb;
109(5):1708-12.
PMID: 22307635
An estrogen receptor (ER) β ligand (LY3201) with a preference for ERβ over ERα was administered in s.c. pellets releasing 0.04 mg/d. The brains of these mice were examined 3...
4.
Barros R, Gustafsson J
Cell Metab
. 2011 Sep;
14(3):289-99.
PMID: 21907136
The metabolic syndrome has reached pandemic level worldwide, and evidence is that estradiol plays a key role in its development. The discovery of the second estrogen receptor, ERβ, in tissues...
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Sugiyama N, Barros R, Warner M, Gustafsson J
Trends Endocrinol Metab
. 2010 Jul;
21(9):545-52.
PMID: 20646931
The discovery of a second estrogen receptor, ERbeta, and the finding that 5alpha-androstane-3beta,17beta-diol (3betaAdiol) strongly binds to ERbeta, have opened up a new aspect of estrogen signaling. Some of the...
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Barros R, Gabbi C, Morani A, Warner M, Gustafsson J
Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab
. 2009 Apr;
297(1):E124-33.
PMID: 19366879
Glucose uptake and homeostasis are regulated mainly by skeletal muscle (SM), white adipose tissue (WAT), pancreas, and the liver. Participation of estradiol in this regulation is still under intense investigation....
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Wada-Hiraike O, Hiraike H, Okinaga H, Imamov O, Barros R, Morani A, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2006 Nov;
103(48):18350-5.
PMID: 17110437
In this study, we compared the uterine tissue of estrogen receptor (ER)beta(-/-) mice and their WT littermates for differences in morphology, proliferation [the percentage of labeled cells 2 h after...
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Barros R, Machado U, Gustafsson J
Trends Mol Med
. 2006 Aug;
12(9):425-31.
PMID: 16890492
Diabetes mellitus type 2 is a systemic disease characterized by imbalance of energy metabolism, which is mainly caused by inadequate insulin action. Recent data have revealed a surprising role for...
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Morani A, Barros R, Imamov O, Hultenby K, Arner A, Warner M, et al.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2006 Apr;
103(18):7165-9.
PMID: 16636272
Estrogen receptor beta (ERbeta) is highly expressed in both type I and II pneumocytes as well as bronchiolar epithelial cells. ERalpha is not detectable in the adult lung. Lungs of...
10.
Barros R, Machado U, Warner M, Gustafsson J
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A
. 2006 Jan;
103(5):1605-8.
PMID: 16423895
Estrogen is known to influence glucose homeostasis with dominant effects in the liver, but the role of estrogen receptors in muscle glucose metabolism is unknown. In the present study, we...