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Identification of a major locus for islet inflammation and fibrosis in the spontaneously diabetic Torii rat.
Physiological genomics - 17 Sept 2008
Fuse Masanori, Yokoi Norihide, Shinohara Masami, Masuyama Taku, Kitazawa Riko, Kitazawa Sohei, Seino Susumu
Abstract excerpt
The pathogenesis of inflammation and fibrosis in the pancreatic islets in diabetes is largely unknown. Spontaneously diabetic Torii (SDT) rats exhibit inflammation and fibrosis in and around the islets during the development of the disease. We investigated genetic factors for diabetes, islet inflammation, and fibrosis in the SDT rat. We produced F1 and F2 rats by intercross between SDT and F344 rats, examined the...
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