Endocrine/Exocrine Intermediate Cells in Streptozotocin‐Treated Ins‐IFN‐γ Transgenic Mice
作者:
Danling Gu,
Marc Arnush,
Nora Sarvetnick,
期刊:
Pancreas
(OVID Available online 1997)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 3
页码: 246-250
ISSN:0885-3177
年代: 1997
出版商: OVID
关键词: Ins-IFN-γ transgenic mice;β cells;Streptozotocin;Diabetes;Regeneration;Endocrine/exocrine intermediate cell
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
To trace the ontogeny of β cell regrowth in adult transgenic mice that produce interferon-γ in the islets (ins-IFN-γ), their existing β cells were depleted by treatment with high doses of streptozotocin (STZ). Initially, β cell necrosis and degranulation were apparent in STZ-treated mice of both the BALB/c and the ins-IFN-γ transgenic strains. The newly emerging transitional cells were then characterized by ultrastructural analysis. Interestingly, transitional cells harboring both exocrine and endocrine granules appeared frequently in ins-IFN-γ transgenics after high-dose STZ treatment. New β cells were produced primarily by the formation of new islets from the small pancreatic ducts. β cell regeneration in the ins-IFN-γ transgenic mouse model is thus explained primarily by the budding of new islets from the ducts with acinar cells as possible precursors of islet cells.
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