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Development of a novel polygenic model of NIDDM in mice heterozygous for IR and IRS-1 null alleles.
Cell - 21 Feb 1997
Brüning J C, Winnay J, Bonner-Weir S, Taylor S I, Accili D, Kahn C R
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NIDDM is a polygenic disease characterized by insulin resistance in muscle, fat, and liver, followed by a failure of pancreatic beta cells to adequately compensate for this resistance despite increased insulin secretion. Mice double heterozygous for null alleles in the insulin receptor and insuli...
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