Pancreatic Alpha-Cell Dysfunction Contributes to the Disruption of Glucose Homeostasis and Compensatory Insulin Hypersecretion in Glucocorticoid-Treated Rats
Figure 3
The pancreatic α-cell mass in DEX rats.
A: Panoramic and detailed view of DEX and CTL pancreas sections that were immunostained for glucagon. B: Relative, C: absolute, and D: normalized α-cell mass in DEX and CTL rats. Data are the mean ± SEM (n = 6). Scale bars = 200, 50, 20 and 10 µm from the top to bottom images in A.