期刊
LABORATORY ANIMALS
卷 45, 期 3, 页码 131-140出版社
ROYAL SOC MEDICINE PRESS LTD
DOI: 10.1258/la.2010.010090
关键词
Streptozotocin; diabetes mellitus; islet transplantation; refinement; mortality
资金
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) [DK56890]
- National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the NIH [1 UL1 RR024150]
- NIH Roadmap for Medical Research
- Richard F Emslander Career Development Award in Endocrinology and Nutrition
Streptozotocin (STZ)-induced diabetes mellitus (DM) offers a very cost-effective and expeditious technique that can be used in most strains of rodents, opening the field of DM research to an array of genotypic and phenotypic options that would otherwise be inaccessible. Despite widespread use of STZ in small animal models, the data available concerning drug preparation, dosing and administration, time to onset and severity of DM, and any resulting moribundity and mortality are often limited and inconsistent. Because of this, investigators inexperienced with STZ-induced diabetes may find it difficult to precisely design new studies with this potentially toxic chemical and account for the severity of DM it is capable of inducing. Until a better option becomes available, attempts need to be made to address shortcomings with current STZ-induced DM models. In this paper we review the literature and provide data from our pancreatic islet transplantation experiments using single high-dose STZ-induced DM in NCr athymic nude mice with hopes of providing clarification for study design, suggesting refinements to the process, and developing a more humane process of chemical diabetes induction.
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