Cardiac metabolism in a new rat model of type 2 diabetes using high-fat diet with low dose streptozotocin.
BACKGROUND: To study the pathogenesis of diabetic cardiomyopathy, reliable animal models of type 2 diabetes are required. Physiologically relevant rodent models are needed, which not only replicate the human pathology but also mimic the disease process. Here we characterised cardiac metabolic abnorm...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2013
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