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The pancreatic polypeptide (PP) cells of rat pancreatic islets were demonstrated by immunocytochemical method. The distribution and morphology of PP cells were investigated in order to observe their changes during postnatal development. At the lst day and 7th day of rat after birth, the PP cells of islets were different from that in adult, the processes of PP cells were not evident, and the immunoreactivity was weaker. In addition, the PP cells were also presented in the duodenum epithtlium. After 18th day, the distribution and morphology of the PP cells did not show obvious difference from that in adult. The percentage of PP cells of islets was less in lst day, and approximated to adult level in 18th day, and over adult level in 28 th day. The above changes of percentage of the PP cells showed mainly in islets in the head of pancreas. The changes of volume density and numerical density per area corresponded with the changes of percentage of the PP cells. Immunoelectron microscopic study showed that the secretory granules (SGs) and gold la belled particles on the SGs of the PP cells in 7th day were less than that in 28th day and adult. Based upon the morphology of the SGs, the PP cells can be classified into two types. The type Ⅰ cells contained SGs with medium electron density or empty-like cores, and larger SGs were more. The type Ⅱ cells contained SGs with lower electron density cores, and small SGs were more. The gold labelled particles in SGs in the type Ⅰ were more than that in the type Ⅱ. The results suggest that the PP cells of rat islets continue to change after birth.
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5-HT immunoreactive cells(EC cells)in the gastrointestinal tract were studiedby immunogold silver staining method and PAP method in sixty human fetuses aged8-38 weeks of gestation.The results indicated that the appearance of EC cells wasas early as 8 weeks of gestation in the epithelium of duodenum.After 12 weeks ofgestation,the EC cells can be found in the whole human fetal gut.The number ofEC cells(EC cells with visible nucleus per visual field)at all period of gestationalways decreased in an order from the mucosa of duodenum,jejunum,ileum,ap-pendix,colon and stomach respectivly.EC cells in the mucosa of antrum often po-ssessed long processes contacted with other types of glandular cells.The EC cellswere open typed cells except those in the fundic mucosa.Grouped EC cells can alsobe seen in the mucosa of appendix and the intestinal glands.
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Objective To explore the possible function and significance of pancreatic polypeptide during the healing process of experimental gastric ulcer in rat. Methods The immunohistochemical PAP method,morphometry and image analysis were applied to study the changes of the morphology,numerical density on area(N_A) and mean grey degree of islet PP cells during the healing process of experimental gastric ulcer in rats. Results Compared with normal control group(NCG) and saline control group(SCG),the N_A of PP cells markedly decreased,and the mean grey degree markedly increased(P
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53 male Wistar rats were divided into three groups, i.e. experimental ulcer group, saline control group and normal control group. The antral tissues were prepared for immunohistochemical staining at 4th, 10th, 14th, 21st and 28th days after operation. Sternberger's PAP method was used to demonstrate the gastrin cells (G cells) and somatostatin cells (D cells)in the antral mucosa in order to observe their changes during experimental gastric ulcer. The morphological relationships of G cells and D cells were examined by simultaneous double immunostaining method.The results indicated that the G cells count as well as D cells count in the antral mucosa was increased (P
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Thirty eight adult male rabbits were selected for the experiment. The experimental peptic ulcer was induced by means of injection of 40% acetic acid to the submucosa of the stomach. Animals of the control group were injected with normal saline instead and another control group consisted of normal rabbits without any treatment. The animals were killed by decapitation at different time intervals (3～49 days) after the operation. The adrenal tissues were prepared for histochemical studies from both experimental and control animals. The results were observed as follows:During the early stage of the peptic ulcer, the fascicular and reticular zones were the chief sites in the adrenal cortex where histochemical changes were involved. Three days after the peptic ulcer operation, the cells of the fascicular and reticular zones filled with sudanophilic lipid droplets and cholesterol droplets. Five days after the operation, both of lipid droplets and cholesterol droplets decreased; the content of ascorbic acid increased slightly; and the activity of succinic dehydrogenase also increased. The above changes were most conspicuous in the inner portion of the fascicular zone within ten days. After fourteen days, all the above histochemical changes began to recover and gradually returned to the normal level after eighteen to thirty five days. In the normal saline operation control group, the contents of lipid droplets and cholesterol droplets decreased in the fascicular and reticular zones after three days and returned to normal level during the period of ten to fourteen days after operation for saline injection.The above histochemical changes showed that the adrenal cortex was at an active functional state during the early period of the experimental peptic ulcer.
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The changes in the total and differential leukocyte counts as well as glycogen con- tent and alkaline phosphatase activity of neutrophile granulocyte of peripheral blood were studied during tubal ligation through abdomen with electro-acupuncture at Zha- guan point(tubal ligation point).This work may help to detect the role of the leuko- cytes in the regulatory function of the body and its relationship to acupuncture anal- gesia.The resuhs were as follows: 50 patients undergoing tubal ligation under acupuncture anesthesia were observed. During the operation,the total number of leukocytes was increased as compared with that before the operation.In patients of grade Ⅰefficacy(35 cases)the total number of leukocytes was increased most markedly.In all patients operated under acupuncture anesthesia,the relative proportion of various types of leukocytes showed little or no significant changes,but their absolute number increased to some extent,with the excep- tion of eosinophile granulocyte of grade Ⅱpatients which decreased slightly.A cyto- chemical study of the glycogen content of neutrophil was carried out in 45 patients during acupuncture anaesthesia.The content was decreased during operation especially in 31 cases of Grade Ⅰpatients it was decreased most markedly.On the other hand,the neutro- phil alkaline phosphatase activity was increased during the operation in 20 patients. The control group of 33 cases was further divided into three subgroups.In the first subgroup,we used acupuncture anaesthesia without operation and the total number of leukocytes was decreased slightly.In the second subgroup the patients were operated under local anesthesia(2% procain solution injection subcutaneously),and the last sub- group comprised only normal adults without any operation or anesthesia.There were little or no significant changes in total and differential leukocyte counts during the experiment in th last two subgroups. The above alterations of leukocyte observed in patients operated under acupuncture anesthesia may explain the enhancement of bodily protection produced by acupuncture, by the way of the regulation effect of central nervous system.
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0.05)in D-and G-cells counts and G/D cell ratio between the operation and the normal control groups. But, in the shock group at 30 and 90 minutes, D-cell count was 27.9％ (P
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Sixty five adult male rats were selected for the experiment. The rats were divided into three groups. Peptic ulcer was induced in the experimental group by means of injection of acetic acid to the submucosa of the stomach. Animals of the control group were injected with normal saline instead. Another control group consisted of normal rats without any treatment. All rats were killed at different time intervals (2-28 d) after the operation. The pancreas tissues were prepared for enzyme histochemical study. The results were observed as follows: Two to four days after the peptic ulcer operation, in the pancreatic A-cells, the activity of alkaline phosphatase (A1P) decreased and 5-nucleotidase (5-Nase) activity increased. A1P, adenosinc triphosphatase(ATPase),succinic and lactic dehydrogenases(SDH, LDH), glucose-6-phosphate and a-glycerophosphate dehydrogenases(G-6-PD,orGPD)acuvities were rasied in varying degrees and returned to normal level after 28 days of the operation. In the pancreatic B-cells, during the early stage of the peptic ulcer, acid phosphatase (AcP) and 5-Nase activities increased and ATPase activity declined. But after four days, AcP, 5-Nase, SDH and LDH activities declined, then began to recover and returned to normal level after twenty one days of the operation. In the normal saline operation control group, the changes of A- and B-cells, two to four days after the operation were the same as in the peptic ulcer group and returned to normal level during the period of six to ten days. The above histochemical changes showed that the pancreatic A- and B-cells played a certain role in the recovery of the experimental peptic ulcer.
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Forty rats were selected for the experiment, which were divided into three groups including experimental ulcer group, normal saline and normal control groups. The pancreatic tissue were prepared for immunohistochemical staining at 6th, 10th, 14th, and 21st day after operation. Sternberger's PAP method was used to show the glucagon cell (A cell) and insulin cell (B cell) in order to observe their changes during the experimental peptic ulcer. In normal control group, the percentage of A cells is 23.31?1.91 (X?SD) and that of B cells is 73.1?4.01. But in experimental ulcer group, the A cell percentage is raised up to 42.6?5.59 and the B cell percentage is lowered down to 57.5?4.55 on the 10th day after operation. Comparing with normal saline group and normal group their differences show statistical outstanding differences. The result may point out that both A and B cells of pancreatic islet take part in the body's natural resistance against the disease, especially A cells.