Glucocorticoid administration and brief occlusion of the main pancreatic duct are likely to increase islet mass by a similar mechanism

Pancreas

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 132-137

  Ferris, William Frank ^a,d   Van Der Merwe, Lize ^b   Campbell, Susan Christine ^c   Macfarlane, Wendy Margaret ^c  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF STELLENBOSCH   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glucocorticoids; Insulin; Islet; Occlusion; Pancreas

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; GLUCOCORTICOID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

AMYLASE BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; ORGAN WEIGHT; PANCREAS; PANCREAS DUCT STENOSIS; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS SECRETION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; TISSUE GROWTH;

AMYLASES; ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GLUCOCORTICOIDS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; LAPAROTOMY; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; ORGAN SIZE; PANCREATIC DUCTS; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 23044477983     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mpa.0000170682.66781.b9     Document Type: Article

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