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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
Amyloid deposits in somatostatinomas are rare observations. To examine the characteristics of this amyloid, we compared amyloid deposits in a somatostatinoma to those found in pancreatic tissue in patients with Type II diabetes mellitus and in insulinomas, using immunohistochemical techniques and specific antibodies to islet amyloid polypeptide or other pancreatic hormones, as well as electron-microscopy. Antibodies to islet amyloid polypeptide regions 8-17 or 25-37 were confirmed to be specific. Amyloid deposits in patients with Type II diabetes mellitus and in insulinomas, but not those in the somatostatinoma strongly reacted with these antibodies, or to an antibody to amyloid P component. Amyloid deposits in the somatostatinoma were not reactive with antibodies to somatostatin or to other pancreatic hormones. Electron-microscopic examinations revealed that amyloid fibrils in the somatostatinoma were thinner and more randomly distributed than were those in islets from patients with Type II diabetes mellitus. As amyloid in somatostatinomas is unlike that consisting of islet amyloid polypeptide or other mature pancreatic hormones, it may be a novel type of local amyloid in pancreatic islets.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0001-5598
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
124
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
45-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Amyloid, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Antibodies, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Antibody Specificity, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Female, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Insulinoma, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Islet Amyloid Polypeptide, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Islets of Langerhans, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Male, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Microscopy, Electron, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Pancreas, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Pancreatic Hormones, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Pancreatic Neoplasms, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Serum Amyloid P-Component, pubmed-meshheading:2000701-Somatostatinoma
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Amyloid protein in somatostatinoma differs from human islet amyloid polypeptide.
pubmed:affiliation
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Chiba University School of Medicine, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't