Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase-positive nerves in normal and transplanted pancreatic tissue in the anterior eye-chamber of rats.
Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase(DBH)-positive nerves were demonstrated in normal and in pancreatic tissue fragments transplanted for 22 and 32 days into the anterior eye-chamber of rats using immunohistochemical techniques. Dopamine-beta-hydroxylase-immunopositive neurons of different shapes could be observed in normal pancreas. The neurons had either spindle or oval shapes. In the transplanted tissue, DBH-positive neuronal profiles were found in the stroma. In some cases DBH-immunopositive cells appeared as a cluster of cells around pancreatic ducts and blood vessels or as solitary cells. The wall of pancreatic ducts in the transplants also contained DBH-immunopositive nerve profiles.
Adeghate
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First Department of Anatomy, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary.
Donáth
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D000818:Animals; D000867:Anterior Chamber / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000201:enzymology*; D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D016332:Fetal Tissue Transplantation; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009474:Neurons / Q000201:enzymology*; D010179:Pancreas / Q000201:enzymology*; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation; D011247:Pregnancy; D051381:Rats
D004299:Dopamine beta-Hydroxylase