A high-fructose diet induces insulin resistance but not blood pressure changes in normotensive rats

Rats fed a high-fructose diet represent an animal model for insulin resistance and hypertension. We recently showed that a high-fructose diet containing vegetable oil but a normal sodium/potassium ratio induced mild insulin resistance with decreased insulin receptor substrate-1 tyrosine phosphorylat...

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Main Authors: R.M.N. Bezerra, M. Ueno, M.S. Silva, D.Q. Tavares, C.R.O. Carvalho, M.J.A. Saad, J.A.R. Gontijo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2001-09-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2001000900008