The role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) protein in the development of myocardial hypertrophy in a rat model of diet induced obesity and insulin resistance

The role of glycogen synthase kinase-3 (GSK-3) protein in the development of myocardial hypertrophy in a rat model of diet induced obesity and insulin resistance

Thesis (MScMedSc)--Stellenbosch University, 2012. === ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Introduction: The worldwide escalation in the incidence of obesity and its strong association with insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and the cardiovascular complications that accompany these disease states have elicited inte...

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Main Author: Lubelwana Hafver, Tandekile
Other Authors: Huisamen, Barbara
Format: Others
Language:en_ZA
Published: Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University 2012
Subjects:
Obesity
Insulin resistance
Myocardial hypertrophy
Glycogen synthase kinase-3
Dissertations > Medical physiology
Theses > Medical physiology
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20130

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http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/20130

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