Tranilast: A novel weapon against insulin resistance

Medical Hypotheses

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1135-1137

  Namazi, M R ^a   Soma, J ^b  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; CYTOKINE; INTERLEUKIN 2; MONOCYTE CHEMOTACTIC PROTEIN 1; TRANILAST; TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA;

ANTIANGIOGENIC ACTIVITY; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG SAFETY; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LYMPHOCYTE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 17044410456     PISSN: 03069877     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mehy.2003.11.047     Document Type: Article

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