Low Testosterone and the Pro-Inflammatory State in Aging Men
April 12, 2011 by Dr. Marc Darrow, M.D.
Filed under Testosterone - Men
Researchers writing in the Journal of Endocrinological Investigation “suggest that a close relationship exists between the development of a pro-inflammatory state and the decline in Testosterone levels” and that “observational and interventional studies suggest that Testosterone supplementation reduces inflammatory markers in both young and old hypogonadal men. ”
Maggio M, Basaria S, Ceda GP, Ble A, Ling SM, Bandinelli S, Valenti G, Ferrucci L. The relationship between testosterone and molecular markers of inflammation in older men. J Endocrinol Invest. 2005;28(11 Suppl 2):116-9.
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