This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved. Comparative evaluation of probiotics effects on plasma glucose, lipid and insulin levels in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats Running head: Probiotic effects in diabetic rats Faeghe Memarrast 1& , Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard 2& , Sedighe Kolivand 1 , Saeedeh Jafary- Nodooshan 1 , Nadia Neyazi 3, 4 , Esmaeil Sadroddiny 1 , Elahe Motevaseli 5, 6* 1. Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 2. Department of Medical Genetics, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 3. Department of Medical Biotechnology, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, International Campus, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. 4. Department of Oncology, Kabul Medical University, Jamal Mena, Kabul, Afghanistan 5. Department of Molecular Medicine, School of Advanced Technologies in Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran 6. Food Microbiology Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran &: These two authors contributed equally to this manuscript. Corresponding author: Elahe Motevaseli Email: e_motevaseli@tums.ac.ir Phone number: 00982123872572 This article has been accepted for publication and undergone full peer review but has not been through the copyediting, typesetting, pagination and proofreading process which may lead to differences between this version and the Version of Record. Please cite this article as doi: 10.1002/dmrr.2912