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Apoptosis of beta cells in diabetes mellitus.
DNA and cell biology - 1 Nov 2014
Anuradha Rachakatla, Saraswati Mudigonda, Kumar Kishore G, Rani Surekha H
Abstract excerpt
Diabetes mellitus is a multifactorial metabolic disorder characterized by hyperglycemia. Apoptosis in beta cells has been observed in response to diverse stimuli, such as glucose, cytokines, free fatty acids, leptin, and sulfonylureas, leading to the activation of polyol, hexosamine, and diacylglycerol/protein kinase-C (DAG/PKC) pathways that mediate oxidative and nitrosative stress causing the release of...
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