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Suppression of hyperinsulinaemia in growing female mice provides long-term protection against obesity.
Diabetologia - 1 Oct 2015
Templeman Nicole M, Clee Susanne M, Johnson James D
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AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Hyperinsulinaemia is associated with obesity but its causal role in the onset of obesity remains controversial. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that transient attenuation of diet-induced insulin hypersecretion in young mice can provide sustained protection against obesity throughout adult life. METHODS: Using 'genetically humanised' mice lacking both alleles of rodent-specific Ins1, we...
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