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Cd36 and molecular mechanisms of insulin resistance in the stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rat.
Diabetes - 1 Dec 2000
Collison M, Glazier A M, Graham D, Morton J J, Dominiczak M H, Aitman T J, Connell J M, Gould G W, Dominiczak A F
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Insulin resistance is of pathogenic importance in several common human disorders including type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity and hyperlipidemia, but the underlying mechanisms are unknown. The spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR) is a model of these human insulin resistance syndromes. Quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for SHR defects in glucose and fatty acid metabolism, hypertriglyceridemia, and hypertension...
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