Research Article

AVE0991, a Nonpeptide Angiotensin 1-7 Receptor Agonist, Improves Glucose Metabolism in the Skeletal Muscle of Obese Zucker Rats: Possible Involvement of Prooxidant/Antioxidant Mechanisms

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Prooxidant genes in the skeletal muscle of obese Zucker rats. Gene expression of NADPH oxidase 2 (Nox2), Nox4, and p22phox in musculus quadriceps of control obese Zucker rats and in obese Zucker rats receiving AVE0991 via osmotic minipumps for two weeks, determined by real-time PCR. Data were normalized to the gene expression of 40S ribosomal protein S29 (Rps29) whose expression was not altered by the treatment. Data presented as were analysed by Student’s -test, ; .