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Disease model: hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance. Part B--polygenic and other animal models.
Trends in molecular medicine - 1 Aug 2001
Sone H, Takahashi A, Iida K, Yamada N
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of leptin or its receptor produces hyperinsulinemia with marked obesity. Paradoxically, severe insulin resistance also accompanies lipodystrophy. Animal models of these contrasting conditions have enabled us to observe the profound and complicated aspects of the underlying pathologies. In addition, conventional polygenic rodents with known genetic backgrounds, such as the spontaneously hypertensive rat...
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