Effects of the green tea polyphenol epigallocatechin-3-gallate on high-fat diet-induced insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 305, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Jang, Hyun Ju ^a   Ridgeway, Simone D ^a   Kim, Jeong A ^a,b,c  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Endothelial dysfunction; Epigallocatechin 3 gallate; Green tea; High fat diet; Insulin resistance; Vasodilation

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCHOLINE; ENDOTHELIAL NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULIN RECEPTOR SUBSTRATE 1; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN KINASE B;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; AORTA; ARTICLE; CELL INFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIAL DYSFUNCTION; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; LIPID DIET; MACROPHAGE MIGRATION; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASODILATATION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84890411632     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: 15221555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.00434.2013     Document Type: Article

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