Article
Effect of partial pancreatectomy on beta-cell mass in the remnant pancreas of Wistar fatty rats.
The journal of medical investigation : JMI - 1 Aug 1998
Ogino T, Zhu M, Murakami T, Kuwajima M, Shima K
Abstract excerpt
Wistar fatty rat, which has been established by transferring the fa gene of Zucker fatty rat to the Wistar Kyoto rat, has many features in common with human NIDDM. It exhibits hyperglycemic obesity with hyperinsulinemia and insulin resistance. It is unclear, however, whether a defect in the beta-...
Topics
- Animals
- Blood Glucose
- Cell Division
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2
- Disease Models, Animal
- Genotype
- Hyperglycemia
- Insulin
- Insulin Resistance
- Islets of Langerhans
- Male
- Niacinamide
- Obesity
- Pancreatectomy
- Phenotype
- Phlorhizin
- Rats
