Proinsulin C-peptide induces c-Jun N-terminal kinase 1 expression in LEII mouse lung capillary endothelial cells

Japanese Journal of Veterinary Research

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 163-167

  Furuya, Daniela Tomie ^a,b   Ishii, Tatsuya ^a   Kamikawa, Akihiro ^a   Shimada, Kohei ^a,c   Machado, Ubiratan Fabres ^a   Saito, Masayuki ^a   Kimura, Kazuhiro ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c TENSHI COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

C peptide; Diabetes mellitus; JNK

Indexed keywords

2 (2 AMINO 3 METHOXYPHENYL)CHROMONE; C PEPTIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; FLAVONOID; MESSENGER RNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE P38; STRESS ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LUNG; METABOLISM; MOUSE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALS; C-PEPTIDE; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; ENZYME INHIBITORS; EXTRACELLULAR SIGNAL-REGULATED MAP KINASES; FLAVONOIDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; LUNG; MICE; MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 8; P38 MITOGEN-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASES; RNA, MESSENGER;

EID: 74549185105     PISSN: 00471917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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