| Literature DB >> 19266247 |
Sheetal Bharat Mistry1, Juan J Omana, Subhash Kini.
Abstract
Type 2 diabetes mellitus being one of the most prevalent diseases in the world has led to a variety of research using animal models. This review focuses on various rat models to study the effect that surgical procedures have on type 2 diabetes mellitus and obesity. Rat models can be classified as Obese Diabetic, Non-Obese Diabetic, Obese Non-Diabetic, and Non-Obese Non-Diabetic. Here, we have discussed the particular characteristics of each rat so that it can provide the appropriate model to study different pathological processes involve in type 2 Diabetes and obesity.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19266247 DOI: 10.1007/s11695-009-9811-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Obes Surg ISSN: 0960-8923 Impact factor: 4.129