Metformin interaction with insulin-regulated glucose uptake, using the Xenopus laevis oocyte model expressing the mammalian transporter GLUT4

European Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 377, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 127-136

  Detaille, Dominique ^a   Wiernsperger, Nicolas ^b   Devos, Pierre ^a  

^a Faces Univires ND de la Paix   (Belgium)

^b Lyon Indust Pharmaceutique (LIPHA)   (France)

Author keywords

Glucose uptake; GLUT4; Insulin; Intrinsic activity; Metformin; Parathyroid hormone; Xenopus oocytes

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHALASIN D; DEOXYGLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; INSULIN; METFORMIN; PARATHYROID HORMONE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

3-O-METHYLGLUCOSE; ANIMALS; CYTOCHALASIN D; DEOXYGLUCOSE; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER TYPE 4; INSULIN; METFORMIN; MONOSACCHARIDE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; MUSCLE PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID SYNTHESIS INHIBITORS; OOCYTES; PARATHYROID HORMONE; RATS; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0033038015     PISSN: 00142999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-2999(99)00413-6     Document Type: Article

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