Amelioration of accelerated diabetic mesangial expansion by treatment with a PKC β inhibitor in diabetic db/db mice, a rodent model for type 2 diabetes
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- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in The FASEB Journal
- Vol. 14 (3) , 439-447
- https://doi.org/10.1096/fasebj.14.3.439
Abstract
Activation of protein kinase C (PKC) is implicated as an important mechanism by which diabetes causes vascular complications. We have recently shown that a PKC β inhibitor ameliorates not only early ...Keywords
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- Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (09470218, 10671063, 10670995)
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