Metabolic effects of thrombin on cultured skeletal muscle cells

 

 

Institute Research Student Seminars

Speakers:  Ali Al-Bayati & Paul Simon Banks

 

Venue: Seminar room L2.5, 2^nd floor, William Leech Building, Medical School

Date and time:  Wednesday 1^st October 2014 at 12.30

 

Paul Simon Banks will be providing a discussion

 

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Ali Al-Bayati will present:

 

"The metabolic effects of thrombin on cultured skeletal muscle cells"

 

We try to explore the effect of thrombin on insulin signalling and glucose uptake in human skeletal muscle cells in culture, and the possible role of thrombin in insulin resistance and Diabetes.

 

 

Key words: thrombin, skeletal muscle, insulin signalling

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Chair:  Anna-Lena Dittrich