A short review on the features of the non-obese diabetic Goto-Kakizaki rat intestine
The Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat is a non-obese experimental model of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) that allows researchers to monitor diabetes-induced changes without jeopardizing the effects of obesity. This rat strain exhibits notable gastrointestinal features associated with T2DM, such as marked alt...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
2022-08-01
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Series: | Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2022000100306&lng=en&tlng=en |