2006
DOI: 10.2337/db05-1526
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Islet Inflammation and Fibrosis in a Spontaneous Model of Type 2 Diabetes, the GK Rat

Abstract: The molecular pathways leading to islet fibrosis in diabetes are unknown. Therefore, we studied gene expression in islets of 4-month-old Goto-Kakizaki (GK) and Wistar control rats. Of 71 genes found to be overexpressed in GK islets, 24% belong to extracellular matrix (ECM)/cell adhesion and 34% to inflammatory/immune response families. Based on gene data, we selected several antibodies to study fibrosis development during progression of hyperglycemia by immunohistochemistry. One-month-old GK and Wistar islets … Show more

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“…Pancreatic islets from patients with type 2 diabetes are infiltrated with macrophages (7,8), express elevated proinflammatory cytokines (9,10), and express features of fibrosis (11), consistent with reports from animals and primates with this disease (7,(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). The detrimental effects of inflammation on islet b-cell function were recently confirmed, when the interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist reduced hyperglycemia and improved b-cell insulin secretion in patients with type 2 diabetes (1).…”
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confidence: 69%
“…Pancreatic islets from patients with type 2 diabetes are infiltrated with macrophages (7,8), express elevated proinflammatory cytokines (9,10), and express features of fibrosis (11), consistent with reports from animals and primates with this disease (7,(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)(17)(18). The detrimental effects of inflammation on islet b-cell function were recently confirmed, when the interleukin (IL)-1 receptor antagonist reduced hyperglycemia and improved b-cell insulin secretion in patients with type 2 diabetes (1).…”
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confidence: 69%
“…This islet inflammation could be mediated by CCL2 and CCL13 produced in human beta cells. Islet inflammation was also present in animal models for type 2 diabetes, namely the high-fat-diet-fed and db/db mice [18,36], the Cohen diabetic rat [36] and the Goto-Kakizaki rat [37,38]. The role of these infiltrating macrophages is unknown.…”
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confidence: 99%
“…This was supported by Donath and Halban (25). Another explanation was the development of fibrosis secondary to hyperglycemia since the latter was known to stimulate the secretion of fibronectin, collagen I and III by endothelial cells and/or vascular smooth muscle cells (26).…”
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confidence: 87%