Folate deficiency triggers an oxidative-nitrosative stress-mediated apoptotic cell death and impedes insulin biosynthesis in RINm5F pancreatic islet β-cells: relevant to the pathogenesis of diabetes.

It has been postulated that folic acid (folate) deficiency (FD) may be a risk factor for the pathogenesis of a variety of oxidative stress-triggered chronic degenerative diseases including diabetes, however, the direct evidence to lend support to this hypothesis is scanty. For this reason, we set ou...

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Main Authors: Hung-Chih Hsu, Jeng-Fong Chiou, Yu-Huei Wang, Chia-Hui Chen, Shin-Yi Mau, Chun-Te Ho, Pey-Jium Chang, Tsan-Zon Liu, Ching-Hsein Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3817167?pdf=render