Title
Development of islets of langerhans in pancreas of neonatal alpacas
Other title
[Desarrollo de los Islotes de Langerhans en Páncreas de Alpacas Neonatas]
Date Issued
01 January 2015
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Laboratorio de Farmacología y Toxicología Veterinaria
Laboratorio de Farmacología y Toxicología Veterinaria
Laboratorio de Patología, Servicio Nacional de Sanidad Agraria (SENASA)
Publisher(s)
Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
Abstract
The aim of this study was to determine the postnatal development of Islets of Langerhans (IL) in alpacas of 0 to 45 days of age. The animals were divided in nine age groups with range of five days. The mumber of IL varied from 3.03 to 4.46 in 10x fields (with an ocular of 10x), the IL diameter varied from 67.89 to 72.55 μm, the number of β cells in the IL from 23.79 to 47.08 and other cells from 18.15 to 39.93. Moreover, the insulin receptor and the transport protein GLUT-2 were observed by immunohistochemistry on the first day of life. It is concluded that the number and size of IL increased with age (p>0.05) while β cells do not show the same trend.
Start page
381
End page
388
Volume
26
Issue
3
Language
Spanish
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencia veterinaria
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84958234824
Source
Revista de Investigaciones Veterinarias del Peru
ISSN of the container
16823419
Sources of information:
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