endocrine/exocrine glands
• islet cells exhibit an increased expression of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) chaperone Hspa5
• however, there is no increase in the expression of ER stress markers and no change in the number of beta cells
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immune system
• unlike Tg(IAPP)6Jdm homozygotes, mice do not develop diabetes at 10 weeks of age
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