Медицинский вестник Юга России (Dec 2014)

TESTOSTERONE AS A TOOL OF METABOLIC CONTROL OF MEN’S HEALTH (REVIEW)

  • I. A. Khripun,
  • Z. R. Gusova,
  • E. O. Dzantieva,
  • V. P. Puzireva,
  • I. I. Belousov,
  • S. V. Vorobiev

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21886/2219-8075-2014-4-19-22
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 0, no. 4
pp. 19 – 22

Abstract

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Nowadays late-onset hypogonadism in men is considered as one of the risk factors of cardiovascular diseases as well as obesity and type 2 diabetes. The pathogenetic mechanisms of testosterone metabolic effects on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism, the current data about the role of the imbalance of proinflammatory cytokines - interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), C-reactive protein (CRP) in the pathogenesis of metabolic disorders and late-onset hypogonadism in men considered in this review.

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