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Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B, a major regulator of leptin-mediated control of cardiovascular function.
Circulation - 1 Sept 2009
Belin de Chantemèle Eric J, Muta Kenjiro, Mintz James, Tremblay Michel L, Marrero Mario B, Fulton David J, Stepp David W
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BACKGROUND: Obesity causes hypertension and sympathoactivation, a process proposed to be mediated by leptin. Protein tyrosine phosphatase 1B (PTP1B), a major new pharmaceutical target in the treatment of obesity and type II diabetes mellitus, constrains the metabolic actions of leptin, but the extent to which PTP1B regulates its cardiovascular effects is unclear. This study examined the hypothesis that PTP1B is a...
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