Article
Genetic regulation of metabolic pathways in beta-cells disrupted by hyperglycemia.
The Journal of biological chemistry - 29 Mar 2002
Laybutt D Ross, Sharma Arun, Sgroi Dennis C, Gaudet Justin, Bonner-Weir Susan, Weir Gordon C
Abstract excerpt
In models of type 2 diabetes the expression of beta-cell genes is altered, but these changes have not fully explained the impairment in beta-cell function. We hypothesized that changes in beta-cell phenotype and global alterations in both carbohydrate and lipid pathways are likely to contribute to secretory abnormalities. Therefore, expression of genes involved in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism were analyzed...
Topics
- Adenosine Triphosphate
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- DNA Primers
- Gene Expression Profiling
- Glucose
- Hyperglycemia
- Insulin
- Insulin Secretion
- Islets of Langerhans
- Male
- Phenotype
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- RNA, Messenger
- Rats
- Rats, Sprague-Dawley
