Insulin rapidly stimulates l-arginine transport in human aortic endothelial cells via Akt

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications

Volumn 412, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 747-751

  Kohlhaas, Christine F ^a   Morrow, Valerie A ^a   Jhakra, Neelam ^a   Patil, Vrushali ^a   Connell, John M C ^a,b   Petrie, John R ^a   Salt, Ian P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arginine; Endothelium; Insulin; Nitric oxide; Transport

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; ARGININE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LYSINE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE 1; NITRIC OXIDE; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE INHIBITOR; PROTEIN KINASE B; PROTEIN KINASE C;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTION; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; AORTA; ARTICLE; COCULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM;

AORTA; ARGININE; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL LINE; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; HUMANS; INSULIN; NITRIC OXIDE; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT;

EID: 80052637422     PISSN: 0006291X     EISSN: 10902104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2011.08.048     Document Type: Article

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