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. 1974 Sep;142(3):465–475. doi: 10.1042/bj1420465

The effect of oxytetracycline on insulin resistance in obese mice

Nicole Bégin-Heick 1, Michel Bourassa 1,*, H M C Heick 1
PMCID: PMC1168310  PMID: 4464837

Abstract

1. Chronic oxytetracycline treatment was found to improve the insulin resistance of the obese–hyperglycaemic mouse. 2. The improved response to insulin was accompanied by decreased concentrations of circulating insulin and glucose, by a decrease in the lipid content of the liver and by an increase in the insulin-receptor sites of the liver and adipose tissue. 3. The increase in insulin-receptor sites preceded the fall in blood glucose. 4. Comparable studies done on food-restricted animals indicated that although chronic food restriction corrected the hyperinsulinaemia it did not restore the insulin-receptor sites or the hyperglycaemia.

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