We then examined the role of ADK in pancreatic β cells under acute β‐cell loss, using a STZ‐induced type 1 diabetes model in adult mice (9‐12 weeks).19 Streptozotocin (100 mg/kg body weight), was injected intraperitoneally, and the blood glucose level was measured at the indicated intervals of time post‐STZ injection. This evidence concerns the gene ADK and type 1 diabetes mellitus.