Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Okamoto, Maristela Mitiko"
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GLUT4 content decreases along with insulin resistance and high levels of inflammatory markers in rats with metabolic syndrome
Leguisamo, Natalia Motta; Lehnen, Alexandre Machado; Machado, Ubiratan Fabres; Okamoto, Maristela Mitiko; Markoski, Melissa Medeiros; Pinto, Graziela Hünning; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord (2012) [Journal article]Background: Metabolic syndrome is characterized by insulin resistance, which is closely related to GLUT4 content in insulin-sensitive tissues. Thus, we evaluated the GLUT4 expression, insulin resistance and inflammation, ... -
Reduced cortical renal GLUT1 expression induced by angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in diabetic spontaneously hypertensive rats
Souza, M. S.; Machado, Ubiratan Fabres; Okamoto, Maristela Mitiko; Bertoluci, Marcello Casaccia; Ponpermeyer, C.; Leguisamo, Natalia Motta; Azambuja, Felipe; Irigoyen, Maria Claudia Costa; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord (2008) [Journal article]Diabetes in spontaneously hypertensive rats is associated with cortical renal GLUT1 and GLUT2 overexpression. Our objective was to evaluate the effect of the angiotensin-converting enzyme blockade on cortical renal GLUT1 ... -
Renal denervation in an animal model of diabetes and hypertension : impact on the autonomic nervous system and nephropathy
Dias, Lucinara Dadda; Casali, Karina Rabello; Leguisamo, Natalia Motta; Azambuja, Felipe; Souza, Martina Schaan de; Okamoto, Maristela Mitiko; Machado, Ubiratan Fabres; Irigoyen, Maria Claudia Costa; Schaan, Beatriz D'Agord (2010) [Journal article]Background: The effects of renal denervation on cardiovascular reflexes and markers of nephropathy in diabetichypertensive rats have not yet been explored. Methods: Aim: To evaluate the effects of renal denervation on ...