Cyclin D2 Is Essential for the Compensatory [beta]-Cell Hyperplastic Response to Insulin Resistance in Rodents

摘要

A major determinant of the progression from insulin resistance to the development of overt type 2 diabetes is a failure to mount an appropriate compensatory beta-cell hyperplastic response to maintain normoglycemia. We undertook the present study to directly explore the significance of the cell cycle protein cyclin D2 in the expansion of beta-cell mass in two different models of insulin resistance.