Figure 4.
HU induces diabetes with external MLD-STZ stimulation. A: Random blood glucose levels were monitored daily after administration of MLD-STZ (40 mg/kg/day for 5 days) for 20 consecutive days (8-week-old mice, n = 13, 8, and 8 for STZ-WT mice, STZ-KO mice, and pegloticase therapy ULT-KO mice separately, respectively). B: The diabetes incidence in 8-week-old mice was calculated by percentage (n = 13, 8, and 8 in each group, respectively). Diabetes was defined as random blood glucose ≥16.7 mmol/L. P trend value is presented as *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001. Data are expressed as mean ± SEM.