Overexpression of Metallothionein in Pancreatic β-Cells Reduces Streptozotocin-Induced DNA Damage and Diabetes

Diabetes

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2040-2046

  Chen, Hainan ^a   Carlson, Edward C ^b   Pellet, Lori ^b   Moritz, Jon T ^b   Epstein, Paul N ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOTHIONEIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DEGRANULATION; DNA DAMAGE; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MOUSE STRAIN; NECROSIS; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; CELL DEGRANULATION; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DNA DAMAGE; HYPERGLYCEMIA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; METALLOTHIONEIN; MICE; MICE, INBRED STRAINS; MICE, TRANSGENIC; NECROSIS; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 0035461380     PISSN: 00121797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diabetes.50.9.2040     Document Type: Article

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