Type 2 Diabetes

SNP increased glucose more than verapamil, indicates NO may be a vital signaling molecule

Published in Blood Weekly, February 2nd, 2006

Sodium nitroprusside increased glucose better than verapamil, indicates that nitric oxide may be an important glucose signaling molecule in type 2 diabetics.

According to a study from Australia, "Nitric oxide (NO) has been implicated as an important signaling molecule in the contraction-mediated glucose uptake pathway and may represent a novel strategy for blood glucose control. The current study sought to determine whether acute infusion of the NO donor, sodium nitroprusside (SNP), increases leg glucose uptake at rest in patients with type 2 diabetes."

D.C. Henstridge and colleagues at the Baker Heart Research Institute in Melbourne examined,...

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