Experimental diabetes model

Abstract

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic syndrome with hyperglycemia. It consists because of insulin deficiency/resistant, and ends up with disregulation of protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic disease. Genetic and environmental factors act together on development of DM. The modelling of DM and investigating its complications is an important subject. It could be possible to try new agents to inhibit development of macro and microvascular complications of DM, by experimental modelling. Streptozocin and alloxan are most frequently used agents to create DM model. In recent years, use of mutant spontaneous diabetic rats inspite of DM modelling is current. Thus, direct tissue damage during diabetic induction by streptozocin and alloxan is avoided and effects related hyperglycemia come in sight simply.