Taurine supplementation of a low protein diet fed to rat dams normalizes the vascularization of the fetal endocrine pancreas

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 2820-2825

  Boujendar, Samira ^a   Arany, Edith ^b,c   Hill, David ^b,c   Remacle, Claude ^a   Reusens, Brigitte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b LAWSON HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Endocrine pancreas; Fetal liver kinase 1; Low protein; Taurine; Vascular endothelial growth factor

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; TAURINE; VASCULOTROPIN;

ANGIOGENESIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ENDOCRINE PANCREAS FUNCTION TEST; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LANGERHANS CELL; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL PLASMA; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PROTEIN DIET; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; RECEPTOR AFFINITY; STEM CELL; VASCULARIZATION;

ANIMALIA; TRIXIS;

EID: 0042920727     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/133.9.2820     Document Type: Conference Paper

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