The Mechanisms Underlying Free Fatty Acid-induced Hepatic Insulin Resistance
Elevated circulating free fatty acids (FFA) cause hepatic insulin resistance; however, the mechanisms for this process are incompletely understood. The objective of the studies in the thesis was to examine whether protein kinase C (PKC)-delta (d), oxidative stress, and the serine kinase IkBa kinase...
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Language: | en_ca |
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2008
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1807/11242 |