(Ser51), p-PERK (Thr980), PERK, CHOP, caspase 3, PKR and IR were from Santa Cruz
Biotechnology (Santa Cruz, CA). The well-characterized primary antibody for NOX4 was a
kind gift from Dr. A. Shah (King's College London British Heart Foundation Centre,
London)21 (link), p-JNK (Thr183/Tyr185),
JNK, p-AKT (Ser473) and AKT were obtained from Cell Signaling Technology (Danvers, MA).
Antibodies for p-IRE1α (Ser724) and PTP1B were purchased from Abcam (Cambridge,
MA). Antibodies for p-IRS1 (Tyr608) and IRS1 were from Millipore Corp. (Billerica, MA).
Antibodies for pIR (Tyr1162/Tyr1163) were from Invitrogen (Carlsbad, CA). PVDF membranes
and protein standards were obtained from BIO-RAD (Hercules, CA). The enhanced
chemiluminescent (ECL) detection reagents were from Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
(Piscataway, NJ). The antibodies used are listed in
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