Insulin-mediated stimulation of protein kinase Akt: A potent survival signaling cascade for endothelial cells

Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 402-409

  Hermann, Corinna ^a   Assmus, Birgit ^a   Urbich, Carmen ^a   Zeiher, Andreas M ^a   Dimmeler, Stefanie ^a  

^a GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Akt kinase; Atherosclerosis; Endothelial cells; Insulin

Indexed keywords

CASPASE 9; INSULIN; PROTEIN BAD; PROTEIN KINASE; SERINE; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA; VASCULOTROPIN;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CELL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UMBILICAL VEIN;

EID: 0033964671     PISSN: 10795642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.ATV.20.2.402     Document Type: Article

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