Telmisartan increases fatty acid oxidation in skeletal muscle through a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-[gamma] dependent pathway

Abstract

Telmisartan increases energy expenditure and protects against dietary induced obesity and features of the metabolic syndrome at least in part by increasing muscle fatty acid oxidation through activation of PPARgamma

Keywords

• Telmisartan
• fatty acid oxidation
• PPARgamma