The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 606-612 , July 2010

Biotin increases glucokinase expression via soluble guanylate cyclase/protein kinase G, adenosine triphosphate production and autocrine action of insulin in pancreatic rat islets

  • Alonso Vilches-Flores

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Genética de la Nutrición, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, C.P. 04530, Mexico
    • ,
  • Armando R. Tovar

      Affiliations

    • Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City 14000, Mexico
    • ,
  • Alvaro Marin-Hernandez

      Affiliations

    • Departamento de Bioquímica, Instituto Nacional de Cardiología Ignacio Chávez, Mexico City 14000, Mexico
    • ,
  • Alberto Rojas-Ochoa

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Genética de la Nutrición, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, C.P. 04530, Mexico
    • ,
  • Cristina Fernandez-Mejia

      Affiliations

    • Unidad de Genética de la Nutrición, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México/Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, Mexico City, C.P. 04530, Mexico
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +52 55 56063558; fax: +52 55 56063489.

Received 5 October 2008 ,Revised 3 March 2009 ,Accepted 17 March 2009.

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☆ Supported by research grants from the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia 44266-M and the Direccion General de Asuntos del Personal Academico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México IN201901 and IX229004. Alonso Vilches-Flores was a recipient of the CONACyT scholarship number 169971.

PII: S0955-2863(09)00076-X

doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2009.03.009

The Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry
Volume 21, Issue 7 , Pages 606-612 , July 2010

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