Pregnancy hormones prevent diabetes and reduce lymphocytic infiltration of islets in the NOD mouse

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 87-92

  Atwater, Illani ^a,b   Gondos, Bernard ^a   DiBartolomeo, Ray ^a   Bazaes, Rodrigo ^a,c   Jovanovic, Lois ^a  

^a SANSUM DIABETES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Instituto de Nutrición y de Tecnología de los Alimentos   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Dexamethasone; Estradiol; Glucose; Growth hormone; Immune suppression; Islet cell transplantation; Placental lactogen; Progesterone; Prolactin

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE; ESTRADIOL; GROWTH HORMONE; PROGESTERONE; PROLACTIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; GLUCOSURIA; HORMONE ACTION; IMMUNE SYSTEM; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036167492     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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