Leptin increases the viability of isolated rat pancreatic islets by suppressing apoptosis

Endocrinology

Volumn 142, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 4827-4830

  Okuya, Shigeru ^a   Tanabe, Katsuya ^a   Tanizawa, Yukio ^a   Oka, Yoshimoto ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE; DNA; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; TETRAZOLE DERIVATIVE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; TRYPTOPHAN DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL CELL; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0034751343     PISSN: 00137227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1210/endo.142.11.8494     Document Type: Article

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