The role of dietary zinc in modifying the onset and severity of spontaneous diabetes in the BB Wistar rat

Molecular Genetics and Metabolism

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 205-213

  Tobia, Mario H ^a,b   Zdanowicz, Martin M ^a,c   Wingertzahn, Mark A ^a   McHeffey Atkinson, Barbara ^a   Slonim, Alfred E ^a   Wapnir, Raul A ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BC CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c MASSACHUSETTS COLLEGE OF PHARMACY AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

BB Wistar rat; Diabetes; Insulin secretion; Insulitis; Zinc

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; COPPER; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLUCOSURIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULITIS; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS NORVEGICUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 0031719268     PISSN: 10967192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/mgme.1997.2672     Document Type: Article

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