Glimepiride Treatment Upon Reperfusion Limits Infarct Size via the phosphatidylinositol 3-Kinase/Akt Pathway in Rabbit Hearts

The phenomenon termed postconditioning, that is, brief episodes of ischemia/reperfusion at the onset of reperfusion reduce infarct size, is thought to involve the activation of the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K)/Akt pathway. Treatment with a drug activating PI3K at the onset of reperfusion may...

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Main Authors: Hirofumi Nishida, Toshiaki Sato, Momoko Nomura, Masaru Miyazaki, Haruaki Nakaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2009-01-01
Series:Journal of Pharmacological Sciences
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1347861319312800