Mitogenic effects of Brazilian arthropod venom on isolated islet beta cells: In vitro morphologic ultrastructural and functional studies

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 79-85

  Luca, Giovanni ^a   Calvitti, Mario ^a   Basta, Giuseppe ^a   Baroni, Tiziano ^a   Neri, Luca M ^b   Becchetti, Ennio ^a   Capitani, Silvano ^b   Novaes, Geovana ^c   Correa Giannella, Maria Lucia ^e   Kalapothakis, Evanguedes ^d   Maria Engler, Sylva Stuchi ^e   Goldberg Eliaschewitz, Freddy ^f   Sogayar, Mari Cleide ^e   Fanelli, Carmine ^a   Brunetti, Paolo ^a   Calafiore, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c Federal University of Bahia   (Argentina)

^d Department of Pharmacology ^*  (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^f Hospital Helibpolis   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Blood glucose; Cell growth and differentiation; Diabetes mellitus; Insulin; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTHROPOD VENOM; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; SCORPION VENOM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CELL CULTURE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COMPETITIVE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULINOMA; MALE; MITOGENESIS; MITOSIS INDEX; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MORPHOMETRICS; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PANCREATITIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RAT; TITYUS BAHIENSIS;

ANIMALIA; ARTHROPODA; SCORPIONES; TITYUS BAHIENSIS; TITYUS SERRULATUS;

EID: 0037341774     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jim-51-02-09     Document Type: Article

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