Taofeek O. Usman, PhD

Adeyanju, O.A., Usman, T.O., Oyewole, A.L., Biliaminu, S.A., Olatunji, L.A. (2017). High salt intake does not aggravate glucose dysregulation and dyslipidemia induced by estrogen-progestin oral contraceptive. Pathophysiology. 24(2):91-98. An official publication of the International Society of Pathophysiology, United States of America. doi:10.1016/j.pathophys.2017.02.004

Olatunji, L.A., Usman, T.O., Akinade, A.I., Adeyanju, O.A., Kim, I. and Soladoye, A.O. (2017): Low-dose spironolactone ameliorates insulin resistance and suppresses elevated plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 during gestational testosterone exposure. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry: The Journal of Metabolic Diseases. 123(5):286-292. Published by Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom. doi: 10.1080/13813455.2017.1320681

Olatunji, L.A., Olaniyi, K.S., Usman, T.O., Abolarinwa, B.A., Achile, C.J. and Kim, I.K. (2017): Combined oral contraceptive and nitric oxide synthesis inhibition synergistically causes cardiac hypertrophy and exacerbates insulin resistance in female rats. Environmental Toxicology and Pharmacology. 52:54-61. Published by Elsevier for the European Society of Pharmacology, United Kingdom. doi: 10.1016/j.etap.2017.03.012

Olaniyi, S.K., Usman, T.O., Adeyanju, O.A., Salman, T.M. and Olatunji, L.A. (2017): Effects of different monosaccharides on histamine-stimulated gastric acid secretion and indomethacin-induced ulcer in Wistar rats. Tropical Journal of Health Sciences. 24:3. An official publication of the College of Health Sciences, University of Ilorin, Nigeria.

Usman, T.O., Areola, E.D., Badmus, O.O., Kim, I.K. and Olatunji, L.A. (2018): Sodium acetate and androgen receptor blockade improve gestational androgen excess-induced deteriorated glucose homeostasis and antioxidant defenses in rats: roles of adenosine deaminase and xanthine oxidase activities. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry. 62:65-75. Published by Elsevier, United States of America. doi: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2018.08.018

Olatunji, L.A., Adeyanju, O.A., Michael, O.S., Usman, T.O., Tostes, R.C. and Soladoye, A.O. (2019): Ameliorative effect of low-dose spironolactone on obesity and insulin resistance is through replenishment of estrogen in ovariectomized rats. Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. 97(1):65-74. An official publication of the Canadian Society of Physiology and Pharmacology, Canada. doi: 10.1139/cjpp-2018-0416

Usman, T.O., Badmus, O.O., Kim, I.K. and Olatunji, L.A. (2019): Mineralocorticoid receptor blockade attenuates disrupted glutathione-dependent antioxidant defense and elevated endoglin in the hearts of pregnant rats exposed to testosterone. Naunyn Schmiedebergs Archive of Pharmacology. 392:773-784. Published by Springer, Germany. doi: 10.1007/s00210-019-01630-5

Usman, T.O. and Olatunji, L.A. (2019): Late gestational testosterone exposure causes glucose deregulation and elevated cardiac VCAM-1 and DPP-4 activity in rats. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry: The Journal of Metabolic Diseases. doi: 10.1080/13813455.2019.1650068. Published by Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom.

Adegoke, T.E., Sabinari, I.W., Usman, T.O., Abdulkareem, T.O., Michael, O.S., Adeyanju, O.A., Dibia, C., Omotoye, O.O., Oyabambi, A.O. and Olatunji, L.A. (2020): Allopurinol and valproic acid improve cardiac triglyceride and Na+-K+-ATPase activity independent of circulating aldosterone in female rats with glucose intolerance. Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry: The Journal of Metabolic Diseases. doi: 10.1080/13813455.2020.1767148 Published by Taylor and Francis, United Kingdom.

Usman, T.O., Adeyanju, O.A., Areola, E.D., Badmus, O.O., Oyeyipo, I.P., Olaniyi, K.S., Oyabambi, A.O. and Olatunji, L.A. (2021): Acetate causes renoprotection like androgen and mineralocorticoid receptors blockade in testosterone-exposed pregnant rats. Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. 476(4):1861-1870. doi: 10.1007/s11010-020-04031-y.