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Candesartan restored cardiac Hsp72 expression and tolerance against reperfusion injury in hereditary insulin-resistant rats.
Cardiovascular research - 1 Dec 2011
Taniguchi Yayoi, Takahashi Naohiko, Fukui Akira, Nagano-Torigoe Yasuko, Thuc Luong Cong, Teshima Yasushi, Shinohara Tetsuji, Wakisaka Osamu, Ooie Tatsuhiko, Murozono Yukichi, Yufu Kunio, Nakagawa Mikiko, Hara Masahide, Yoshimatsu Hironobu, Saikawa Tetsunori
Abstract excerpt
AIMS: We tested the hypothesis that candesartan, an angiotensin II (AII) type 1 receptor antagonist, would restore the depressed phosphatidylinositol 3 (PI3) kinase-dependent Akt phosphorylation, an essential signal to induce heat-shock protein 72 (Hsp72) in response to hyperthermia, in Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima fatty (OLETF) rats. METHODS AND RESULTS: At 14 weeks of age, male OLETF rats and Long-Evans...
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