Type 2 Diabetes

Selecting the “Right” Mouse Model for Metabolic Syndrome and Type 2 Diabetes Research.- Nutritional Models of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.- The Isolation and Purification of Rodent Pancreatic Islets of Langerhans.- The Measurement of Insulin Secretion from Isolated Rodent Islets of Langerhans.- The Incubation and Monitoring of Cell Viability in Primary Rat Islets of Langerhans and Pancreatic ?-Cell Lines.- In Vitro Culture of Isolated Islets of Langerhans: Analysis of Function.- Single-Cell RT-PCR Identification of Genes Expressed by Human Islet Endocrine Cells.- Laser Capture Microdissection of Human Pancreatic ?-Cells and RNA Preparation for Gene Expression Profiling.- In Vitro Transdifferentiation of Human Hepatoma Cells into Pancreatic-Like Cells.- The Measurement of GLUT4 Translocation in 3T3-L1 Adipocytes.- Pancreatic Remodeling: Beta-Cell Apoptosis, Proliferation and Neogenesis, and the Measurement of Beta-Cell Mass and of Individual Beta-Cell Size.- Morphology of Pancreatic Islets: A Time Course of Pre-diabetes in Zucker Fatty Rats.- Fluorescent Immunohistochemistry and In Situ Hybridization Analysis of Pancreas.- The Measurement of Insulin Secretion Using Pancreas Perfusion in the Rodent.- Hyperinsulinemic–Euglycemic Clamp to Assess Insulin Sensitivity In Vivo.- Gene Expression Analysis in Diabetes Research.- Gene Expression Mining in Type 2 Diabetes Research.