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SUBMITTER: Virostko J
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3822006 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jan-Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Virostko John J Radhika Aramandla A Poffenberger Greg G Chen Zhongyi Z Brissova Marcela M Gilchrist Joshua J Coleman Brian B Gannon Maureen M Jansen E Duco ED Powers Alvin C AC
Molecular imaging and biology 20090623 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>We developed a mouse model that enables non-invasive assessment of changes in beta cell mass.<h4>Procedures</h4>We generated a transgenic mouse expressing luciferase under control of the mouse insulin I promoter [mouse insulin promoter-luciferase-Vanderbilt University (MIP-Luc-VU)] and characterized this model in mice with increased or decreased beta cell mass and after islet transplantation.<h4>Results</h4>Streptozotocin-induced, diabetic MIP-Luc-VU mice had a progressive declin ...[more]