Promise(s) of mesenchymal stem cells as an in vitro model system to depict pre-diabetic/diabetic milieu in WNIN/GR-Ob mutant rats.

BACKGROUND:Development of model systems have helped to a large extent, in bridging gap to understand the mechanism(s) of disease including diabetes. Interestingly, WNIN/GR-Ob rats (Mutants), established at National Centre for Laboratory Animals (NCLAS) of National Institute of Nutrition (NIN), form...

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Main Authors: Soundarya L Madhira, Satya S Challa, Maniprabha Chalasani, Giridharan Nappanveethl, Ramesh R Bhonde, Rajanna Ajumeera, Vijayalakshmi Venkatesan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3483309?pdf=render