Double blockade of angiotensin II (AT 1)- Receptors and ACE does not improve weight gain and glucose homeostasis better than single-drug treatments in obese rats

British Journal of Pharmacology

Volumn 165, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2721-2735

  Miesel, Anja ^a   Müller Fielitz, Helge ^a   Jöhren, Olaf ^a   Vogt, Florian M ^a   Raasch, Walter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Hypothalamic pituitary adrenal axis; Insulin resistance; Metabolic syndrome; Obesity; Ramipril; Renin angiotensin aldosterone system; Telmisartan

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR; CORTICOSTERONE; CORTICOTROPIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEPTIN; RAMIPRIL; STRESS HORMONE; TELMISARTAN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CACAO; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FAT CONTENT; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE UTILIZATION; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN TOLERANCE TEST; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPONTANEOUSLY HYPERTENSIVE RAT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ANGIOTENSIN II; ANGIOTENSIN II TYPE 1 RECEPTOR BLOCKERS; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ANIMALS; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BENZOATES; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORTICOSTERONE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEART RATE; LEPTIN; MALE; OBESITY; RAMIPRIL; RATS; RATS, INBRED SHR; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84859097988     PISSN: 00071188     EISSN: 14765381     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1476-5381.2011.01726.x     Document Type: Article

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