Reversal of streptozotocin-induced hyperglycemia by continuous supply of betacellulin in mice

Growth Factors

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 173-179

  Yamamoto, Yoritsuna ^a,b   Yamada, Satoko ^a   Kodera, Tsutomu ^a,b   Hara, Akemi ^a   Motoyoshi, Kazuo ^b   Tanaka, Yuji ^b   Nagaoka, Tadahiro ^c   Seno, Masaharu ^c   Kojima, Itaru ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

cell; Betacellulin; Diabetes; Differentiation; Insulin; Regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS VECTOR; BETACELLULIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG DISTRIBUTION; DRUG MECHANISM; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; LIVER CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOVIRIDAE; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CELL LINE; GENETIC VECTORS; HEPATOCYTES; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; STREPTOZOCIN;

ADENOVIRIDAE; MUS;

EID: 59749091538     PISSN: 08977194     EISSN: 10292292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08977190802136854     Document Type: Article

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