Pioglitazone attenuates cardiac hypertrophy in rats with salt-sensitive hypertension: role of activation of AMP-activated protein kinase and inhibition of Akt. [electronic resource]
- Journal of hypertension Aug 2008
- 1669-76 p. digital
Publication Type: Journal Article
0263-6352
10.1097/HJH.0b013e328302f0f7 doi
AMP-Activated Protein Kinases Adiponectin--blood Animals Atrial Natriuretic Factor--genetics Collagen--genetics Echocardiography Fibrosis Hypertension--drug therapy Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular--diagnostic imaging Hypoglycemic Agents--pharmacology Male Multienzyme Complexes--metabolism Myocardium--pathology Myocytes, Cardiac--pathology Natriuretic Peptide, Brain--genetics Phosphorylation--drug effects Pioglitazone Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases--metabolism Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-akt--metabolism RNA, Messenger--metabolism Rats Rats, Inbred Dahl Ribosomal Protein S6 Kinases, 70-kDa--metabolism Signal Transduction--drug effects Thiazolidinediones--pharmacology Transcription Factors--metabolism