Chronic Exposure to Nicotine Enhances Insulin Sensitivity through α7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-STAT3 Pathway

Induction of autophagy contributes to the neuroprotection of nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase in cerebral ischemia

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Cotinine: A Potential New Therapeutic Agent against Alzheimer's disease

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Loss of AMP-Activated Protein Kinase-α2 Impairs the Insulin-Sensitizing Effect of Calorie Restriction in Skeletal Muscle

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PGC-1β regulates angiogenesis in skeletal muscle

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Leptin in human physiology and pathophysiology

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Nicotinamide phosphoribosyltransferase protects against ischemic stroke through SIRT1-dependent adenosine monophosphate-activated kinase pathway

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Deficiency of NG2+ Cells Contributes to the Susceptibility of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats

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From Hypertension to Stroke: Mechanisms and Potential Prevention Strategies

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Metabolic diseases and cancer risk

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Activation of the Cholinergic Antiinflammatory Pathway Ameliorates Obesity-Induced Inflammation and Insulin Resistance

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Nicotine Decreases Food Intake Through Activation of POMC Neurons

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Autophagy augmented by troglitazone is independent of EGFR transactivation and correlated with AMP-activated protein kinase signaling

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Autophagy in nuclear receptor PPARγ-deficient mouse prostatic carcinogenesis

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The Histone Deacetylase Sirt6 Regulates Glucose Homeostasis via Hif1α

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Long-Term Metformin Use Is Associated With Decreased Risk of Breast Cancer

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Insulin resistance, lipotoxicity, type 2 diabetes and atherosclerosis: the missing links. The Claude Bernard Lecture 2009

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Dysfunction of the Cholinergic Anti-Inflammatory Pathway Mediates Organ Damage in Hypertension

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Risk of Acute Myocardial Infarction, Stroke, Heart Failure, and Death in Elderly Medicare Patients Treated With Rosiglitazone or Pioglitazone

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The Gq/G11-mediated signaling pathway is critical for autocrine potentiation of insulin secretion in mice

(2010) Antonia Sassmann et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL INVESTIGATION

Circulating and local visfatin/Nampt/PBEF levels in spontaneously hypertensive rats, stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats and Wistar-Kyoto rats

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4-Phenyl butyric acid does not generally reduce glucose levels in rodent models of diabetes

(2009) Tian-Ying Xu et al.   CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PHARMACOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Antishock effect of anisodamine involves a novel pathway for activating α7 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor*

(2009) Chong Liu et al.   CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE

Reduced AMP-activated protein kinase activity in mouse skeletal muscle does not exacerbate the development of insulin resistance with obesity

(2009) S. Beck Jørgensen et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Targeting the AMPK pathway for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes

(2009) Benoit Viollet   Frontiers in Bioscience-Landmark

An  7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor-Selective Agonist Reduces Weight Gain and Metabolic Changes in a Mouse Model of Diabetes

(2009) M. B. Marrero et al.   JOURNAL OF PHARMACOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS

Validation of simple indexes to assess insulin sensitivity during pregnancy in Wistar and Sprague-Dawley rats

(2008) J. Cacho et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-ENDOCRINOLOGY AND METABOLISM

STAT3 Sensitizes Insulin Signaling by Negatively Regulating Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 

(2008) A. Moh et al.   DIABETES

Can patients with type 2 diabetes be treated with 5′-AMP-activated protein kinase activators?

(2008) W. W. Winder   DIABETOLOGIA

Analysis of gene expression profiles in rat hippocampus following treatment with nicotine and an α7 nAChR selective agonist

(2007) Jeffrey F. Waring et al.   NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH