Research Article

Antioxidant Effects of Oral Ang-(1-7) Restore Insulin Pathway and RAS Components Ameliorating Cardiometabolic Disturbances in Rats

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Evaluation of the mRNA expression of insulin signaling pathway mediators. Insulin receptor substrate 1 (Irs-1) (a, b), protein kinase B (Akt-2) (c, d), and type glucose transporter 4 (Glut-4) (e, f) in the liver and gastrocnemius muscle of rats subjected to a high-fat diet (37% fat, FAT; ) or control diet (AIN-93, CT; ) for 13 weeks and treated with vehicle (HPβCD) or HPβCD-Ang-(1-7) during the last 6 weeks of diets. compared to the CT-HPβCD/empty group. # compared to the FAT-HPβCD/empty group (two-way ANOVA followed by Fisher’s LSD posttest).