A study on the relationship between acute pancreatitis and apoptosis of the acinar cells / 中国普通外科杂志

ABSTRACT

ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between the severity of acute pancreatitis and apoptosis of acinar cells. MethodsThe apoptotic ratio of acinar cells was measured in rat acute pancreatitis model by methods of in situ end labeling.ResultsThere was almost no apoptotic acinar cells in the model of acute edematous pancreatitis. With the increase in the severity of the pancreatitis apoptotic cells were more and more common until to the late stage of hemorrhagic and necrotic pancreatitis when the apoptotic ratio of acinar cells dwindled, meanwhile the necrotic acinar cell increased continuously.ConclusionsIn acute simple edematous pancreatitis apoptotic acinar cells is infrequently seen. In acute moderate hemorrhagic and necrotic pancreatitis the ratio is correlated positively with the severity of pancreatitis.In the late stage the ratio was correlated negatively with the severity of pancreatitis.