Abstract
The aggregation of human amylin (hA) to form cytotoxic structures has been closely associated with the causation of type 2 diabetes. We sought to advance understanding of how altered expression and aggregation of hA might link β-cell degeneration with diabetes onset and progression, by comparing phenotypes between homozygous and hemizygous hA-transgenic mice. The homozygous mice displayed elevated islet hA that correlated positively with measures of oligomer formation (r=0.91; P
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | fj.14-251744. |
| Pages (from-to) | 5083-5096 |
| Number of pages | 13 |
| Journal | The F A S E B Journal |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue number | 12 |
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| Publication status | Published - 19 Aug 2014 |
Keywords
- gene-dosage effect, apoptosis, peptide, aggregation, transgenic mice, insulin resistance