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| Author(s): |
Amanda Baron Campaña
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas (ICB/SDI) |
| Defense date: | 2008-05-21 |
| Examining board members: |
Fabio Bessa Lima;
Miriam Sterman Dolnikoff;
Paulina Sannomiya
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| Advisor: | Fabio Bessa Lima |
| Abstract | |
The growth in the prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM), a larger incidence of type 1 and 2 DM in children and adolescents and the previous results of our laboratory (worsening of the metabolic picture in diabetic rats during puberty) motivate us to study the glucose metabolism in the puberty in order to assess the possible influence of the physiological insulin resistance characteristic of this period on the course of the diabetic status. Five-day old male Wistar rats were divided into two experimental groups: control group (CO) and streptozotocin group (STZ). Body development and sexual maturation were weekly evaluated between the 5th and 10th weeks of life. We identify the 6th and 7th weeks as an important early phase of the puberty. The insulin resistance and a slight degree of glucose intolerance were determined in non-diabetic rats. On the other hand, STZ group showed insulin resistance and it was impaired in the course of puberty suggesting that the developing of this resistance during the puberty presents a different characteristic of that seen in normal rats. (AU) | |