Facilitating effects of berberine on rat pancreatic islets through modulating hepatic nuclear factor 4 alpha expression and glucokinase activity

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 39, 2008, Pages 6004-6011

  Wang, Zhi Quan ^a   Lu, Fu Er ^a   Leng, San Hua ^a   Fang, Xin Sheng ^a   Chen, Guang ^a   Wang, Zeng Si ^a   Dong, Li Ping ^a   Yan, Zhong Qing ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Glucokinase; Hepatocyte nuclear factor 4 alpha; Pancreatic islet; Sulphonylureas

Indexed keywords

BERBERINE; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4ALPHA; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HNF4A PROTEIN, RAT; INSULIN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ASSAY; CELL ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DRUG POTENCY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INSULIN LIKE ACTIVITY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; RAT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; UPREGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET;

ANIMALS; BERBERINE; CELLS, CULTURED; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GLUCOKINASE; GLUCOSE; GLYBURIDE; HEPATOCYTE NUCLEAR FACTOR 4; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 59849110456     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.6004     Document Type: Article

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