Upregulation of ACE 2 - Ang ( 1 - 7 ) - Mas axis in jejunal enterocytes of type 1 diabetic rats : 4 implications for glucose transport 5 6 7

Revised Article Submitted to American Journal of Physiology – Endocrinology & Metabolism (E-00562-2011R2) 1 2 3 Upregulation of ACE2-Ang (1-7)-Mas axis in jejunal enterocytes of type 1 diabetic rats: 4 implications for glucose transport 5 6 7 Tung Po Wong, Ka Yan Ho, Kwok Wai Ng, Edward S. Debnam, and Po Sing Leung 8 9 10 11 School of Biomedical Sciences and Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese 12 University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, and Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & 13 Pharmacology, University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, U.K. 14 15 16 17 *Corresponding author: Professor Po Sing Leung, Ph.D. 18 Room 609A, Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, School of Biomedical 19 Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 20 Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China 21 Tel: +852 3943 6879 22 Fax: +852 2603 5139 23 E-mail: [email protected] 24 25 26 27 Short title: ACE2-Ang-(1-7)-Mas in intestinal glucose uptake 28 29 30