Testosterone-dependent vascular arachidonic acid metabolism in the regulation of insulin resistance and blood pressure
Insulin resistance (IR) and elevated blood pressure (BP) are two key features of the metabolic syndrome, which play an important role in the development of secondary cardiovascular complications. Feeding rats a diet rich in sugars such as fructose induces IR followed by vascular abnormalities and el...
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University of British Columbia
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/8704 |