Prevention of type 1 diabetes by carbamazepine in non-obese diabetic mice
Pancreatic β cells are selectively destroyed by the host immune system in type 1 diabetes, which results in the inability to regulate glucose homeostasis due to loss of insulin production capacity. Drugs that preserve β cell mass and function therefore have the potential to prevent or slow the progr...
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University of British Columbia
2017
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62704 |