Vitamin E normalizes diacylglycerol-protein kinase C activation induced by hyperglycemia in rat vascular tissues

Diabetes

Volumn 45, Issue 3 SUPPL., 1996, Pages

  Kunisaki, Makoto ^a,b   Fumio, Umeda ^b   Nawata, Hajime ^b   King, George L ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JOSLIN DIABETES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; DIACYLGLYCEROL; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA MEDIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMALS; AORTA; CELLS, CULTURED; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIGLYCERIDES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GLUCOSE; ISOENZYMES; MALE; MUSCLE, SMOOTH, VASCULAR; PROTEIN KINASE C; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; VITAMIN E;

EID: 0029946240     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.45.3.s117     Document Type: Article

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