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O I Stepanova1, N N Karkischenko, O V Baranova
1Research Center of Biomedical Technologies, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences.
Abstract:
The genetic model of diabetes mellitus was studied on mutant C57Bl/KsLepr(db/+) mice. These mice were characterized by high concentrations of glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin in the blood, polyuria, polyphagia, polydipsia, progressive obesity, biphasic morphological changes in insular islets of the pancreas (hyperplasia and atrophy), fatty degeneration of the liver, and hypoplasia of the spleen tissue and lymph nodes. Our results indicate that C57Bl/KsLepr(db/+) mice serve as an adequate model of type 2 diabetes mellitus. This model is suitable for testing of therapeutic methods for type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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