Vascular actions of insulin with implications for endothelial dysfunction

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 297, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Potenza, Maria Assunta ^a   Addabbo, Francesco ^a   Montagnani, Monica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Endothelin 1; Insulin resistance; Insulin signaling; Nitric oxide; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ENDOTHELIN 1; INSULIN; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

CAPILLARY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VASCULARIZATION; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATATION;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INSULIN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 69049094056     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00297.2009     Document Type: Review

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