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The tumour-suppressor p53 is not required for pancreatic beta cell death during diabetes and upon irradiation.
The Journal of physiology - 15 Jan 2008
Nam Shin Yuen, Lee Ming Kei, Sabapathy Kanaga
Abstract excerpt
Immune-independent diabetes often occurs via pancreatic beta cell dysfunction. However, the role of the tumour suppressor p53 that regulates cellular life and death in multiple tissues, in pancreatic cell death and diabetes has not been clarified. We have therefore utilized an established mouse model for diabetes in which the MHC class I antigen is overexpressed in pancreatic beta cells under the rat insulin...
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