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Programming of islet functions in the progeny of hyperinsulinemic/obese rats.
Diabetes - 1 Apr 2003
Srinivasan Malathi, Aalinkeel Ravikumar, Song Fei, Patel Mulchand S
Abstract excerpt
Neonatal female rat pups that were raised artificially on a high-carbohydrate (HC) milk formula during their suckling period developed hyperinsulinemia immediately, maintained chronic hyperinsulinemia in the postweaning period on laboratory diet, and developed obesity in adulthood. Pups (second-generation HC [2-HC]) born to such female rats (first-generation HC [1-HC]) spontaneously developed chronic...
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