In diabetic rats, [S14G]-humanin significantly reversed the elevated serum glucose.
In plain wordsIn diabetic rats, a humanin analog lowered raised blood sugar compared with untreated diabetic rats.
- Peptide
- Humanin
- Outcome
- DecreaseSerum glucose
- Study
ratn: not reported in source
Streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy- Comparator
- Diabetic control group
- Outcome group
- Glycemic control · Metabolic and weight
- Studied dose
- 0.4 mg/Kg/day · intraperitoneal · sixteen weeksAs given in this study (rat).
Source sentences
Biochemical analysis revealed that diabetic rats had markedly elevated levels of serum glucose, creatinine, BUN, TNF-α, and kidney tissue SOD.
3 context sentences(design, population, supporting numbers)
All these parameters were significantly reversed in group C after administering [S14G]-humanin.
Ninety Sprague Dawley (SD) rats were randomly segregated into three groups - A (control), B (disease control) and C (treatment).
Subsequently, diabetic rats in group C were injected with [S14G]-humanin intra-peritoneally (0.4 mg/Kg/day) for sixteen weeks.