Open AccessPancreatic islet cell autophagy during aging in rats
Author(s) -
Shuang Wang,
Qianqian Sun,
Bing Xiang,
Xiujun Li
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical and investigative medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.391
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1488-2353
pISSN - 0147-958X
DOI - 10.25011/cim.v36i2.19569
Subject(s) - autophagy , islet , medicine , endocrinology , microbiology and biotechnology , diabetes mellitus , chemistry , biology , apoptosis , biochemistry
Autophagy induces pancreatic β cell death. The purpose of the present study was to examine the hypothesis that the extent of pancreatic autophagy is associated with aging and age-related diabetes.
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