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Differentiated Mouse Adipocytes in Primary Culture: A Model of Insulin Resistance
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Differential changes in islet amyloid polypeptide (amylin) and insulin mRNA expression after high-fat diet-induced
H Mulder1, H Mårtensson, F Sundler
1Department of Physiological Sciences, Lund University, Sweden.
Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental
|January 6, 2001
Abstract:
Islet amyloid, derived from islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP or amylin), frequently occurs in type 2 diabetes. Availability of this peptide for amyloid formation may be enhanced by increased islet expression of IAPP. In the insulin resistant state, euglycemia is maintained by hypersecretion of insulin. Whether
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