title: Sex steroids effects on the endocrine pancreas.
abstract: The endocrine pancreas is central in the physiopathology of diabetes mellitus. Nutrients and hormones control endocrine pancreatic function and the secretion of insulin and other pancreatic islet hormones. Although the pancreas is not usually considered as a target of steroids, increasing evidence indicates that sex steroid hormones modify pancreatic islet function. The biological effects of steroid hormones are transduced by both, classical and non-classical steroid receptors that in turn produce slow genomic and rapid non-genomic responses. In this review, we focused on the effects of sex steroid hormones on endocrine pancreatic function, with special emphasis in animal studies.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Biología de la Reproducción, Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Vasco de Quiroga 15, 14000 México, DF, Mexico.
authors.forename: Sumiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: Angelica
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Elena
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zambrano
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fernandez-Mejia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000378:metabolism; D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D012739:Gonadal Steroid Hormones