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Regulation of renal lipid metabolism, lipid accumulation, and glomerulosclerosis in FVBdb/db mice with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes - 1 Aug 2005
Wang Zhuowei, Jiang Tao, Li Jinping, Proctor Gregory, McManaman James L, Lucia Scott, Chua Streamson, Levi Moshe
Abstract excerpt
Diabetic kidney disease has been associated with the presence of lipid deposits, but the mechanisms for the lipid accumulation have not been fully determined. In the present study, we found that db/db mice on the FVB genetic background with loss-of-function mutation of the leptin receptor (FVB-Lepr(db) mice or FVBdb/db) develop severe diabetic nephropathy, including glomerulosclerosis, tubulointerstitial...
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