Project

Mitochondrial function in skeletal muscle and prevention of metabolic complications in obesity.

Code
05V02411
Duration
01 January 2011 → 31 October 2015
Funding
Ghent University funding
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
    • Orthopaedics
    • Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
    • Orthopaedics
    • Human movement and sports sciences
    • Rehabilitation sciences
    • Endocrinology and metabolic diseases
    • Orthopaedics
Keywords
hypogonadism mitochondrion insuline resistance exercise training
 
Project description

This project proposal aims to evaluate the relationship between insulin resistance, mitochondrial function and hypogonadism in skeletal muscle of prediabetic (type 2) patients. Also the possible therapeutic role of physical exercise training, supplementation of aromatase inhibitors (to decrease the conversion of testosterone to estradiol) and the combination of both on mitochondrial histology (by electron microscopy) and function will be evaluated.