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Targeted disruption of the Chop gene delays endoplasmic reticulum stress-mediated diabetes.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Feb 2002
Oyadomari Seiichi, Koizumi Akio, Takeda Kiyoshi, Gotoh Tomomi, Akira Shizuo, Araki Eiichi, Mori Masataka
Abstract excerpt
Overload of pancreatic beta cells in conditions such as hyperglycemia, obesity, and long-term treatment with sulfonylureas leads to beta cell exhaustion and type 2 diabetes. Because beta cell mass declines under these conditions, apparently as a result of apoptosis, we speculated that overload kills beta cells as a result of endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress. The Akita mouse, which carries a conformation-altering...
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