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Diego O Borges1,2, Maria João Meneses1,3,4, Tânia R Dias3
1CEDOC - Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas, NOVA Medical School/Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Abstract:
Insulin-degrading enzyme (IDE) degrades and inactivates bioactive peptides such as insulin. As insulin is a master regulator of glucose homeostasis, lack of IDE is expected to have a profound impact on both insulin and glucose levels. This article shares data on glucose and insulin homeostasis of control, heterozygous and knockout mice for Ide after 18 weeks of a normal chow diet. This data article is related to a research article entitled "Knockout of insulin-degrading enzyme leads to mice testicular morphological changes and impaired sperm quality" (Meneses et al., 2019).
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