Mibefradil reduces blood glucose concentration in db/db mice
OBJECTIVE: Numerous recent studies suggest that abnormal intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca2+]i) is a common defect in diabetic animal models and patients. Abnormal calcium handling is an important mechanism in the defective pancreatic β-cell function in type 2 diabetes. T-type Ca2+ channel an...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Faculdade de Medicina / USP
2014-01-01
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Series: | Clinics |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1807-59322014000100061&lng=en&tlng=en |