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Increased expression and activity of 11beta-HSD-1 in diabetic islets and prevention with troglitazone.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 16 Jan 2004
Duplomb Laurence, Lee Young, Wang May-Yun, Park Byung H, Takaishi Kiyosumi, Agarwal Anil K, Unger Roger H
Abstract excerpt
To determine if increased local production of glucocorticoids by the pancreatic islets might play a role in the spontaneous noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus of obesity, we compared islet 11beta-HSD-1 mRNA and activity in islets of obese prediabetic and diabetic Zucker Diabetic Fatty (ZDF) (...
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