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Loss of insulin receptor substrate-1 signaling induces the cardiovascular and proteo(fibrino)lytic system derangements typical of insulin resistance.
Coronary artery disease - 1 Mar 2005
Furumoto Tomoo, Fujii Satoshi, Onozuka Hisao, Tarikuz Zaman A K M, Goto Daisuke, Sugawara Taeko, Mikami Taisei, Watanabe Satoshi, Abe Kazuhiro, Terauchi Yasuo, Kadowaki Takashi, Kitabatake Akira, Sobel Burton E
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BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes and insulin resistance have been associated with several cardiac features including diastolic heart failure, impaired ventricular function, perimicrovascular fibrosis and increased expression of plasminogen activator inhibitor type-1 (PAI-1) in coronary arterial walls. Insulin receptor substrate-1 (IRS-1) is one mediator of insulin signaling. This study was performed to determine...
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