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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-7
pubmed:abstractText
The relationship between pancreatic hormone content and pattern of hormone release has not been completely elucidated because of heterogeneity in diabetes. Accordingly, this study was performed to establish the relationship, using spontaneously diabetic Chinese hamsters in the Asahikawa colony, a newly discovered experimental model resembling insulin-deficient diabetes in humans. As a result of investigations of insulin and glucagon responses to glucose or arginine in vivo and in vitro using isolated islets obtained by the collagenase procedure, a decreased insulin response and paradoxical glucagon response to glucose, and an excessive glucagon response to arginine were found in the diabetic animals. While the yield of isolated islets tended to decrease, a decreased pancreatic insulin content and increased pancreatic glucagon content were found as the diabetic state advanced. It may be suggested, therefore, that the relationship between pancreatic hormone content and pattern of hormone release in diabetic animals in the Asahikawa colony is based on the disruption of islets, disruption or dysfunction of B-cells and hyperplasia or hypertrophy of A-cells by some cause genetically determined.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0168-8227
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
87-94
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Insulin and glucagon response of the diabetic Chinese hamster in the Asahikawa colony.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article