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A Genetic Defect in β-Cell Gene Expression Segregates Independently From the fa Locus in the ZDF Rat
1 Jan 2001
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes is a strongly genetic disorder resulting from inadequate compensatory insulin secretion in the face of insulin resistance. The Zucker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rat is a model of type 2 diabetes and, like the human disease, has both insulin resistance (from a mutant leptin receptor causing obesity) and inadequate beta-cell compensation. To test for an independently inherited beta-cell defect, we...
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