Effect of novel water soluble curcumin derivative on experimental type- 1 diabetes mellitus (short term study)

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Diabetes mellitus type 1 is an autoimmune disorder caused by lymphocytic infiltration and beta cells destruction. Curcumin has been identified as a potent inducer of heme-oxygenase-1 (HO-1), a redoxsensitive inducible protein that pr...

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Main Authors: Abdel Aziz Mohamed T, El-Asmar Mohamed F, El-Ibrashy Ibrahim N, Rezq Ameen M, Al-Malki Abdulrahman L, Wassef Mohamed A, Fouad Hanan H, Ahmed Hanan H, Taha Fatma M, Hassouna Amira A, Morsi Heba M
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-07-01
Series:Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome
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Online Access:http://www.dmsjournal.com/content/4/1/30