Unacylated ghrelin and obestatin increase islet cell mass and prevent diabetes in streptozotocin-treated newborn rats

Journal of Molecular Endocrinology

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-17

  Granata, Riccarda ^a   Volante, Marco ^b   Settanni, Fabio ^a   Gauna, Carlotta ^b   Ghé, Corrado ^b   Annunziata, Marta ^a   Deidda, Barbara ^b   Gesmundo, Iacopo ^a   Abribat, Thierry ^c   Van Der Lely, Aart Jan ^d   Muccioli, Giampiero ^b   Ghigo, Ezio ^a   Papotti, Mauro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c Department of Anatomy Pharmacology and Forensic Medicine University of Turin ^*  (France)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GHRELIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MESSENGER RNA; OBESTATIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; OBESTATIN, RAT; PEPTIDE HORMONE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CELL DESTRUCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENE EXPRESSION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; HOMEOBOX; HORMONAL REGULATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PDX1 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; FEMALE; GHRELIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; PEPTIDE HORMONES; PREGNANCY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY;

EID: 77954749961     PISSN: 09525041     EISSN: 14796813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1677/JME-09-0141     Document Type: Article

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