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SUBMITTER: Del Campo A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5924798 | biostudies-other | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Del Campo Andrea A Bustos Catalina C Mascayano Carolina C Acuña-Castillo Claudio C Troncoso Rodrigo R Rojo Leonel E LE
Frontiers in endocrinology 20180423
Second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) are known to increase cardiovascular risk through several physiological mechanisms, including insulin resistance, hepatic steatosis, hyperphagia, and accelerated weight gain. There are limited prophylactic interventions to prevent these side effects of SGAs, in part because the molecular mechanisms underlying SGAs toxicity are not yet completely elucidated. In this perspective article, we introduce an innovative approach to study the metabolic side effects ...[more]