Pancreas β-cells morphology, liver antioxidant enzymes and liver oxidative parameters in alloxan-resistant and alloxan-susceptible Wistar rats: A viable model system for the study of concepts into reactive oxygen species

Fundamental and Clinical Pharmacology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 657-666

  Behr, Guilherme Antônio ^a   Da Silva, Evandro Gomes ^a   Ferreira, Amâncio Romanelli ^a   Cerski, Carlos Thadeu Schmidt ^a   Dal Pizzol, Felipe ^b   Moreira, José Cláudio Fonseca ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE DO EXTREMO SUL CATARINENSE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Alloxan resistance model; Antioxidant enzymes; Immunohistochemistry; Oxidative stress; Pancreatic islets

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALLOXAN; ANTIOXIDANT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CATALASE; GLUCOSE; GLYCOGEN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LIPID; LIVER ENZYME; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCE;

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOGEN LIVER LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

ANIMALS; ANTIOXIDANTS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; ENZYMES; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GLYCOGEN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; LIPIDS; LIVER; MALE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; THIOBARBITURIC ACID REACTIVE SUBSTANCES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 57049092682     PISSN: 07673981     EISSN: 14728206     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-8206.2008.00628.x     Document Type: Article

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