Streptozotocin causes pancreatic beta cell failure via early and sustained biochemical and cellular alterations

Autor: Ernest Adeghate, Rasheed Hameed, Donáth T, Saeed Tariq, Rajan Sheen, A. S. Ponery, Shaffiullah M
Rok vydání: 2010
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Zdroj: Experimental and clinical endocrinologydiabetes : official journal, German Society of Endocrinology [and] German Diabetes Association. 118(10)
ISSN: 1439-3646
Popis: The morphological and biochemical changes that occur in the early phase of streptozotocin (STZ)-induced beta cell failure have not been characterized. The pancreas and plasma of rats treated with STZ were processed for morphological and biochemical parameters 1-24 h and 4 weeks after STZ treatment. Marked reduction in body weight was observed as early as 3 h post STZ treatment and hyperglycemia coupled with hypoinsulinaemia appeared in rats 1 h after treatment with STZ. Hyperglycemia, hyperglucagonemia and hypoinsulinemia became permanent 24 h after STZ treatment. The number of insulin-positive cells decreased significantly (p
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