Bridges Lab Publishes Paper on the Role of Glucocorticoids in Adipose Tissue
|What Were We Looking At? Cushing’s Disease is caused by a pituitary tumor that constitutively secretes ACTH, resulting in chronically elevated cortisol levels. Excess glucocorticoids are known to be associated with increased adiposity, increased muscle breakdown and insulin resistance; however, the process by which these occur is not well understood. Therefore, we wanted to determine… Read More