Establishing equivalent diabetes in male and female Nos3‐deficient mice results in a comparable onset of diabetic kidney injury

Abstract Clinical studies indicate that sex differences exist in susceptibility for developing diabetic kidney disease (DKD), supporting the need to examine both sexes in animal studies of DKD. Streptozotocin (STZ) is commonly used in male mice to induce diabetes and DKD. However, females are not no...

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Main Authors: Lifang Tian, David J. Nikolic‐Paterson, Greg H. Tesch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-09-01
Series:Physiological Reports
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.14814/phy2.14197