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Metformin Improves Insulin Signaling in Obese Rats via Reduced IKK Action in a Fiber-Type Specific Manner
(2010)Metformin is a widely used insulin-sensitizing drug, though its mechanisms are not fully understood. Metformin has been shown to activate AMPK in skeletal muscle; however, its effects on the inhibitor of κB kinaseβ (IKKβ) ... -
Method and apparatus for treating renal disease with hemodialysis utilizing pulsatile pump
(2002-08-22)A method of removing toxins from blood from a patient in need of such toxin removal includes: providing a countercurrent dialysis filter (20) having a blood compartment and a dialysate compartment separated from the blood ... -
Method for nerve growth induction
(1993-03-16)A composition comprising nerve growth factor and 2-amino-1,1,3-tricyano-1-propene useful for the induction, stimulation, and maintenance of nerve growth, and methods of potentiating choline O-acetyltransferase and tyrosine ... -
Method for nerve growth induction
(1993-03-16)A composition comprising nerve growth factor and 2-amino-1,1,3-tricyano-1-propene useful for the induction, stimulation, and maintenance of nerve growth, and methods of potentiating choline O-acetyltransferase and tyrosine ... -
Method for reducing adenosine levels with a dehydroepiandrosterone and optionally a ubiquinone
(2000-07-11)A method and composition for reducing adenosine levels comprises administering a dehydroepiandrosterone, and optionally a ubiquinone. -
Method for the microbial decontamination of blood platelets
(1999-04-06)A method for inactivating microbiological contaminants in a human blood platelet preparation is disclosed. The method comprises, first, providing blood platelets, particularly human blood platelets, suspected of being ... -
Method for the synthesis of 3-substituted indolizine and benzoindolizine compounds
(2006-07-13)A method of making a compound of Formula (I) comprises reacting a compound of Formula (II) with a compound such as R1OH or R1SH, to produce said compound of Formula (I). Compounds of Formula (I) are useful, among other ... -
Method of detecting cancer using delta-catenin
(2008-11-04)The present invention provides a method for detecting or screening for the presence of cancer in a subject. The method comprises obtaining, providing or collecting a tissue or fluid sample (such as a urine sample) from ... -
Method of inhibiting carcinogenesis by treatment with dehydroepiandrosterone and analogs thereof
(1996-06-18)A method of combatting cancer in a subject comprising administering to said subject dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or an analog thereof in an amount effective to combat cancer is disclosed in which heart failure induced by ... -
Method of treating adenosine depletion
(1997-08-26)A method of treating adenosine depletion in a subject in need of such treatment is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject folinic acid or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof in an amount effective ... -
Method of treating asthma
(1996-09-10)A method of treating asthma in a subject in need of such treatment comprises contacting Asthma Reversal Factor to the respiratory epithelium of the subject. The active agent is preferably contacted to the subject's respiratory ... -
Method of treating asthma using IL-8
(1994-03-01)A method of treating asthma in a subject in need of such treatment comprises contacting Interleukin-8 or an active fragment thereof to the respiratory epithelium of the subject. The active agent is preferably human endothelial ... -
Method of treating disorders characterized by overexpression of cytidine deaminase or deoxycytidine deaminase
(2002-08-13)A composition, device, kit and method for countering or diagnosing cytidine deaminase or deoxycytidine deaminase over-expression or a disorder associated with it, or an increase in number or toxicity of pro-inflammatory ... -
Method of treatment using chemotherapy and erythropoietin
(1999-07-13)The use of human erythropoietin (EPO) to prevent or treat endothelial injury due to chemotherapy, radiation therapy, mechanical trauma, or to a disease state which damages the endothelium (such as inflammation, heart disease ... -
Methods and Compositions for Poxvirus A35R Protein
(2012-11-22)The present invention provides methods and compositions for modulating an immune response in a subject, comprising administering to the subject an effective amount of an A35R protein or active fragment thereof of vaccinia ... -
Methods for Assessing Mitochondrial Function in Diabetes
(2013-04)A growing body of research is investigating the potential contribution of mitochondrial function to the etiology of type 2 diabetes. Numerous in vitro, in situ, and in vivo methodologies are available to examine various ... -
Methods for preventing or treating insulin resistance
(2009-08-13)The invention provides methods of preventing or treating insulin resistance in a mammalian subject. The methods comprise administering to the subject an effective amount of an aromatic-cationic peptide having at least one ... -
Methods of using carnosinol and analogs thereof
(2015-12-17)Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods of preventing or treating diabetes, an obesity/diabetes-related condition, insulin sensitivity, heart disease, mitochondrial dysfunction or liver disease comprising ... -
Methods, systems and computer program products for visualizing anatomical structures and blood flow and perfusion physiology using imaging techniques
(2016-04-21)Methods for combining anatomical data and physiological data on a single image are provided. The methods include obtaining an image, for example, a raw near-infrared (NIR) image or a visible image, of a sample. The image ...