Ursolic Acid Increases Glucose Uptake through the PI3K Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes

Yonghan He; Wen Li; Ying Li; Shuocheng Zhang; Yanwen Wang; Changhao Sun

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0110711

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Ursolic Acid Increases Glucose Uptake through the PI3K Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes

Yonghan He,

Affiliations Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China, Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, Life Sciences Branch, National Research Council Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
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Wen Li,

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Third People's Hospital of Yunnan Province, Kunming, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China
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Ying Li,

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China
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Shuocheng Zhang,

Affiliations Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, Life Sciences Branch, National Research Council Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Yanwen Wang ,

* E-mail: yanwen.wang@nrc.ca (YW); sun2002changhao@yahoo.com (CS)

Affiliations Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, Life Sciences Branch, National Research Council Canada, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada
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Changhao Sun

* E-mail: yanwen.wang@nrc.ca (YW); sun2002changhao@yahoo.com (CS)

Affiliation Department of Nutrition and Food Hygiene, Public Health College, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China
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Ursolic Acid Increases Glucose Uptake through the PI3K Signaling Pathway in Adipocytes

Yonghan He,
Wen Li,
Ying Li,
Shuocheng Zhang,
Yanwen Wang,
Changhao Sun

Published: October 20, 2014
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0110711

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