Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction and aim: Thyroid hormones (THs) regulates metabolism in adults, such as controlling energy balance by regulating energy expenditure and its storage. Hyperthyroidism increases thermogenesis, which results in the increase of the metabolic rate. THs, when combined with their receptor, can induce the expression of some genes, which can reflect on the content and activity of specific proteins. There are studies showing that THs affect the uptake of nutrients, such as g...

Introduction and aim: Obesity is a public health problem characterized by metabolic and endocrine disorders. Currently, it has been observed an increase of the obesity induced by high fat diet (HFD) and, considering that small intestine is the most important absorptive site of the nutrients, it is very interesting to evaluate the impact of HFD intake on that first place of nutrients entry, that is, the small intestine. Taken into account that dyslipidemia and hypertension are ...