2015
Cardiac β-Adrenoceptor Expression Is Reduced in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats as Type-2 Diabetes Progresses
Haley JM, Thackeray JT, Thorn SL, DaSilva JN. Cardiac β-Adrenoceptor Expression Is Reduced in Zucker Diabetic Fatty Rats as Type-2 Diabetes Progresses. PLOS ONE 2015, 10: e0127581. PMID: 25996498, PMCID: PMC4440709, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127581.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsZucker diabetic fattyΒ-AR expressionWeeks of ageΒ2-AR expressionΒ-adrenoceptor expressionZDF ratsΒ3-ARFree fatty acidsType 2 diabetic Zucker diabetic fattyType 2 diabetic ZDF ratsDiabetic Zucker diabetic fattyZucker diabetic fatty ratsType 2 diabetes progressesType 2 diabetes modelWestern blottingCardiac β-ARΒ1-AR expressionDiabetic fatty ratsDiabetic ZDF ratsType 2 diabetesModel of hyperglycemiaΒ-AR subtypesBrown adipose tissueDiastolic functionSystolic function
2013
Chronic AMPK activity dysregulation produces myocardial insulin resistance in the human Arg302Gln-PRKAG2 glycogen storage disease mouse model
Thorn SL, Gollob MH, Harper ME, Beanlands RS, deKemp RA, DaSilva JN. Chronic AMPK activity dysregulation produces myocardial insulin resistance in the human Arg302Gln-PRKAG2 glycogen storage disease mouse model. EJNMMI Research 2013, 3: 48. PMID: 23829931, PMCID: PMC3707764, DOI: 10.1186/2191-219x-3-48.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMyocardial glucose uptakeCardiac glycogen storesSystolic functionInsulin resistanceAcute insulinMouse modelGlycogen storesDeoxyglucose positron emission tomographyProgressive conduction system diseaseGlucose uptakeSkeletal muscle glucose uptakeExcessive glycogen depositionDisease mouse modelMyocardial insulin resistanceMuscle glucose uptakeConduction system diseaseInsulin receptor expressionPositron emission tomographyPRKAG2 cardiac syndromeFrequent arrhythmiaInsulin stimulationMetabolic therapyReceptor expressionCardiac syndromeSystem diseases