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Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Biologia (IB) (Institutional affiliation from the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Roberta de Souza Santos in research grants and scholarships supported by FAPESP.
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The lack of ovarian-produced estrogens due to menopause causes inflammation, which is involved in the development of several diseases such as insulin resistance and type II diabetes. Males present more inflammatory diseases then adult females, maybe due to the protective effects of estrogens. Estrogens act in target tissues through estrogen receptors (ERs), such as classical ERalfa and ER…
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