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. 2008 Jun 21;7:19. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-7-19

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Mechanism of High Salt-Induced Insulin Resistance in Dahl S rats. Our proposed model of high salt-induced insulin resistance in Dahl S rats depends on the combined contributions of high salt and genetic defects along the insulin signaling and inflammatory pathways, which in turn predispose Dahl S rats to an augmented inflammatory response and overt insulin resistance.