Glucose uptake in rat skeletal muscle L6 cells is increased by low-intensity electrical current through the activation of the phosphatidylinositol-3-OH kinase (PI-3K) / Akt pathway

Journal of Pharmacological Sciences

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-98

  Yano, Shuichiro ^a   Morino Koga, Saori ^a   Kondo, Tatsuya ^a   Suico, Mary Ann ^a   Koga, Tomoaki ^a   Shimauchi, Yuichiro ^a   Matsuyama, Shingo ^a   Shuto, Tsuyoshi ^a   Sato, Takashi ^a   Araki, Eiichi ^a   Kai, Hirofumi ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glucose uptake; Mild electrical stimulation; Phosphatidylinositol 3 OH kinase (PI 3K) Akt

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER 4; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROSTIMULATION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE POTENTIAL; MUSCLE CELL; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 79952410870     PISSN: 13478613     EISSN: 13478648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1254/jphs.10185SC     Document Type: Article

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