Chronic exposure to nicotine enhances insulin sensitivity through α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor-STAT3 pathway.

This study was to investigate the effect of nicotine on insulin sensitivity and explore the underlying mechanisms. Treatment of Sprague-Dawley rats with nicotine (3 mg/kg/day) for 6 weeks reduced 43% body weight gain and 65% blood insulin level, but had no effect on blood glucose level. Both insulin...

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Autores principales: Tian-Ying Xu, Ling-Ling Guo, Pei Wang, Jie Song, Ying-Ying Le, Benoit Viollet, Chao-Yu Miao
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Publicado: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/62f2afa5fd794069b502659f445fc55e
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