Islet amyloid-associated diabetes in obese A(vy)/a mice expressing human islet amyloid polypeptide.

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We have previously shown that hemizygous transgenic mice expressing human islet amyloid polypeptide (hIAPP) in pancreatic beta-cells have no diabetic phenotype, whereas in the homozygous state, they developed severe, early-onset hyperglycemia associated with impaired insulin secretion and beta-cell death. We investigated the possibility that when the hemizygous mice are crossed onto an obese, insulin-resistant...

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