Feeding of banana flower and pseudostem to diabetic rats results in modulation of renal GLUTs, TGFbeta, PKC and extracellular matrix components.
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Sustained hyperglycemia as a result of diabetes mellitus results in over-expression of glucose transporters (GLUTs/SGLTs), protein kinase C-alpha (PKC-alpha) and transforming growth factor-beta (TGF-beta) in kidney which increases syn.....