1. (Journal Article): Protective effect of Lycium barbarum polysaccharides on streptozotocin-induced oxidative stress in rats.

Li XM.
 
ABSTRACT: Fruit from Lycium barbarum L. in the family Solanaceae is well-known in traditional Chinese herbal medicine. Lycium barbarum polysaccharides (LBP) have been identified as one of th...

2. (Journal Article): Insulin Sensitivity in Children Born Small for Gestational Age (SGA)

Geremia C, Cianfarani S
 
ABSTRACT: In the past decade, several epidemiological studies have shown a relationship between intrauterine growth retardation and insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular dis...

3. (Journal Article): "Low Dose" Metformin Improves Hyperglycemia Better Than Acarbose in Type 2 Diabetics

Yajima K, Shimada A, Hirose H, Kasuga A, Saruta T
 
ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES: "High dose" metformin therapy (2,550 mg/day) is reported to improve glycemic control in type 2 diabetic patients with obesity (body mass index (BMI) >= 30)...

4. (Journal Article): Secretion of bioactive human insulin following plasmid-mediated gene transfer to non-neuroendocrine cell lines, primary cultures, and rat skeletal muscle in vivo.

Shaw JA, Delday MI, Hart AW, Docherty HM, Maltin CA, Docherty K
 
ABSTRACT: The objective of these studies was to evaluate human insulin gene expression following intramuscular plasmid injection in non-diabetic rats as a potential approach to gene therapy ...

5. (Journal Article): Spotlight on Ethnomedicine: Usability of Sutherlandia Frutescens in the Treatment of Diabetes

Sia C
 
ABSTRACT: n/a

6. (Journal Article): Large scale isolation, growth, and function of porcine neonatal islet cells.

Korbutt GS, Elliot JF, Ao Z, Smith DK, Warnock GL, Rajotte RV
 
ABSTRACT: Based upon existing methods of isolating fetal porcine islet tissue, a simple, reliable procedure was developed for the preparation of porcine neonatal islet cell aggregates with a...

7. (Journal Article): {alpha}L integrin I domain cyclic peptide antagonist selectively inhibits T cell adhesion to pancreatic islet microvascular endothelium

Huang M, Matthews K, Siahaan TJ, Kevil CG
 
ABSTRACT: Insulitis is a hallmark feature of autoimmune diabetes that ultimately results in islet beta cell destruction. We examined integrin requirements and specific inhibition of integrin...

8. (Journal Article): Low-Protein Vegetarian Diet with Alpha-Chetoanalogues Prior to Pre-emptive Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation

Piccoli GB, Motta D, Martina G, Consiglio V, Gai M, Mezza E, Maddalena E, Burdese M, Colla L, Tattoli F, Anania P, Rossetti M, Soragna G, Grassi G, Dani F, Jeantet A, Segoloni GP
 
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Pre-emptive pancreas-kidney transplantation is increasingly considered the best therapy for irreversible chronic kidney disease (CKD) in type 1 diabetics. However, the ...

9. (Journal Article): C-peptide enhances insulin-mediated cell growth and protection against high glucose induced apoptosis in SH-SY5Y cells.

Li Z-G, Zhang W, Sima AAF
 
ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: We have previously reported that C-peptide exerts preventive and therapeutic effects on diabetic neuropathy in type 1 diabetic BB/Wor-rats and that it prevents duration...

10. (Journal Article): Pancreas: how to get there from the gut?

Edlund H
 
ABSTRACT: All pancreatic cell types derive from the same endodermal dorsal and ventral anlage that grow together to form the definitive pancreas. A number of distinct transcription factors o...