Endocrine Abstracts

The KINGS mouse harbours a mutant Ins2 which drives beta cell ER stress, however only males develop diabetes. Since diabetes incidence is lower in women and ER stress is implicated in human diabetes, we investigated the influence of oestrogen and testosterone in mediating sex differences in the KINGS mouse. To investigate the influence oestrogen (E2) and testosterone removal on glycaemic control, male (n =4-6) and female (n =9) KINGS mice underwent p...