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7-day-cultured islets from pregnant Wistar rats released at 5.6 mM glucose significantly more insulin than islets from nonpregnant rats, whereas in vivo this heigthened glucose sensitivity is lost 48 h post partum.
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Investigations carried out as a part of the ‘Forschungsprojekt Diabetes mellitus und Fettstoffwechselstörungen’ supported by the Ministry of Health of German Democratic Republic.
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Ziegler, B., Ziegler, M. & Fiedler, H. Effects of pregnancy on the glucose-induced insulin release from cultivated pancreatic islets of the rat. Experientia 34, 138–139 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01921949
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