rodent and human type 2 diabetes. Because islet inflammation may originate from
endothelial cells, we assessed the expression of selected genes involved in endothelial cell
activation in islets from a spontaneous model of type 2 diabetes, the Goto-Kakizaki (GK) rat.
We also examined islet endotheliuml/oxidative stress (OS)/inflammation-related gene
expression, islet vascularization and fibrosis after treatment with the interleukin-1 (IL-1) …