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An early insulin intervention accelerates pancreatic beta-cell dysfunction in young Goto-Kakizaki rats, a model of naturally occurring noninsulin-dependent diabetes.
Endocrinology - 1 Mar 1997
Suzuki N, Aizawa T, Asanuma N, Sato Y, Komatsu M, Hidaka H, Itoh N, Yamauchi K, Hashizume K
Abstract excerpt
This study was designed to delineate the nature of beta-cell dysfunction in a model of genetically determined nonobese diabetes, the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat. Pancreatic beta-cell function was analyzed immediately after weaning and 5 weeks thereafter, comparing animals with or without insulin treatment during the interval. In 3.5-week-old GK rats, fasting plasma glucose was mildly elevated with normoinsulinemia,...
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