In vivo detection of extrapancreatic insulin gene expression in diabetic mice by bioluminescence imaging

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Chen, Xiaojuan ^a   Larson, Courtney S ^a   West, Jason ^a   Zhang, Xiaomin ^a   Kaufman, Dixon B ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LUCIFERASE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTOZOCIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EX VIVO STUDY; FIREFLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PROMOTER REGION; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

MUS; MUS MUSCULUS; RATTUS;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; LIVER; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOZOCIN;

EID: 77949763632     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009397     Document Type: Article

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