Streptozocin- and alloxan-induced H2O2 generation and DNA fragmentation in pancreatic islets: H2O2 as mediator for DNA fragmentation

Diabetes

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 1991, Pages 1141-1145

  Takasu, Nobuyuki ^a   Komiya, Ichiro ^a   Asawa, Takayuki ^a   Nagasawa, Yoshitaka ^a   Yamada, Takashi ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOXAN; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLOXAN; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IN VITRO; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; KINETICS; MALE; RATS; RATS, INBRED STRAINS; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 0025908652     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diab.40.9.1141     Document Type: Article

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