Partial Pancreatectomized Diabetic Rats Present with Altered Skeletal Muscle Contractility and Phenotype

People with long‐term type 1 diabetes (T1D) often have skeletal muscle complications (myopathy). Studies on T1D and skeletal muscle are limited and often use animal models that induce T1D with streptozotocin, which causes myopathy independent of hyperglycemia. The objective of this study was to characterize diabetic myopathy in a partially pancreatectomized (Px) model of T1D. Male Sprague Dawley rats were randomly assigned to either Px or sham …