Adenovirus-mediated transfer of a modified human proinsulin gene reverses hyperglycemia in diabetic mice

American Journal of Physiology - Endocrinology and Metabolism

Volumn 275, Issue 5 38-5, 1998, Pages

  Short, Daniel K ^a   Okada, Shuichi ^a   Yamauchi, Keishi ^a,b   Pessin, Jeffrey E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Furin; Gene therapy

Indexed keywords

FURIN; INSULIN; PROINSULIN;

ADENOVIRUS; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GEL FILTRATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENE TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INSULIN BINDING; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; LIVER CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIRUS RECOMBINANT;

EID: 0031730473     PISSN: 01931849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpendo.1998.275.5.e748     Document Type: Article

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