The antidiabetic drug metformin activates the AMP-activated protein kinase cascade via an adenine nucleotide-independent mechanism

Diabetes

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 2420-2425

  Hawley, Simon A ^a   Gadalla, Anne E ^a   Olsen, Grith Skytte ^b   Grahame Hardie, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE NUCLEOTIDE; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE INHIBITOR; METFORMIN;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CATECHOLAMINE RELEASE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE TARGETING; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LIPID METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION;

EID: 0036324142     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.51.8.2420     Document Type: Article

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