Effects of berberine on lipid metabolism and vitamin D receptor as well as insulin-induced gene 2 gene expression of rabbits

Chinese Traditional and Herbal Drugs

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1566-1570

  Luo, Ying ^a   Jin, Lei ^a   He, Qi ^a   Zhou, Qi Xin ^a   Yang, Jun Xia ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Berberine; Gene expression; Hypolipidemic; Insulin induced gene 2 (Insig 2); Vitamin D receptor (VDR)

Indexed keywords

APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; APOLIPOPROTEIN B; BERBERINE; CHOLESTEROL; FENOFIBRATE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LIPOPROTEIN A; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; MESSENGER RNA; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; VITAMIN D RECEPTOR;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ACTIVITY; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG MEGADOSE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; INSIG 2 GENE; LIPID DIET; LIPID METABOLISM; LOW DRUG DOSE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 80052334456     PISSN: 02532670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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