Ligustrazine attenuates myocardial ischemia reperfusion injury in rats by activating the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 198-202

  Lv, Lei ^a   Meng, Qingxin ^a   Xu, Jun ^a   Gong, Jianbin ^a   Cheng, Yan ^a   Jiang, Shisen ^a  

^a JINLING HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3 KINASE; PROTEIN KINASE B; TETRAMETHYLPYRAZINE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ATTENUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART PROTECTION; ISCHEMIC PRECONDITIONING; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; REPERFUSION INJURY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; CREATINE KINASE, MB FORM; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MALONDIALDEHYDE; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; MYOCARDIUM; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE TYPE III; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL 3-KINASE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-AKT; PYRAZINES; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

APIACEAE; RATTUS;

EID: 84864116249     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: 15508080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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