ABSTRACT
Introduction............................................................................................................291
Psammomys obesus
of the Jerusalem Colony ......................................................291 Diabetes Research in Other
Psammomys
Colonies .................................................................................................................292 Lipoprotein Synthesis in
Psammomys
..................................................................293 Beta Cell Lesion Following Prolonged Insulin Resistance with Hyperinsulinemia ..........................................................................................294 Selection of Defined Lines of
Psammomys
..........................................................296 Metabolic and Reproductive Efficiency ................................................................296 Age-Related Diabetogenicity ................................................................................298 Pregnancy in
Psammomys
.....................................................................................298 Inborn Insulin Resistance ......................................................................................298 Mechanism of Insulin Resistance and Attenuation of Receptor Tyrosine Kinase in
Psammomys
............................................................................299 Overexpression of PKC
ε
: A Negative Feedback of Insulin Signal Transduction ...............................................................................................300 PKC
ε
Overexpression: Relation to Muscle Lipid and Diacylglycerol (DAG) Content..............................................................................302 Effect of Exercise ..................................................................................................302 Evidence for a Major Gene Affecting Transition from Normoglycemia to Hyperglycemia in
Psammomys Obesus
............................................................302
Psammomys
