HEPATOCYTE GROWTH FACTOR IS ESSENTIAL FOR AMELIORATION OF HYPERGLYCEMIA IN STREPTOZOTOCIN- INDUCED DIABETIC MICE RECEIVING A MARGINAL MASS OF

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