Faced with an environment of constantly changing nutrient availability, mammals have adapted complex homeostatic mechanisms to maintain energy balance. Deviations from this balance are largely corrected through a concerted, multi-organ effort that integrates hormonal signals with transcriptional regulatory networks. When these relationships are altered, as with over-nutrition and insulin resistance, metabolic disease ensues. Here, I present data concerning two distinct transcriptional pathways--one for thyroid hormone (TH) and one for insulin--that confer hormone responsiveness on metabolic gene programs that preserve energy homeostasis.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:harvard.edu/oai:dash.harvard.edu:1/12274577 |
Date | 06 June 2014 |
Creators | Hall, Jessica Ann |
Contributors | Puigserver, Pere Puigserver |
Publisher | Harvard University |
Source Sets | Harvard University |
Language | en_US |
Detected Language | English |
Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
Rights | open |
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