KK mouse

H Ikeda - Diabetes research and clinical practice, 1994 - Elsevier
H Ikeda
Diabetes research and clinical practice, 1994Elsevier
The KK mouse strain shows inherently glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. When KK
mice become obese by aging, dietary means or other ways, such a chemical diabetic state is
changed to overt diabetic state associated with frank hyperglycemia and glucosuria.
Therefore, the KK mouse is a good model for investigating a process of expression of
obesity-associated diabetes.
Abstract
The KK mouse strain shows inherently glucose intolerance and insulin resistance. When KK mice become obese by aging, dietary means or other ways, such a chemical diabetic state is changed to overt diabetic state associated with frank hyperglycemia and glucosuria. Therefore, the KK mouse is a good model for investigating a process of expression of obesity-associated diabetes.
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