Adaptation of the endocrine tissue of rat pancreas after partial pancreatectomy--a morphometric study.
The changes occurring in the endocrine pancreas of the rat after partial pancreatectomy were studied morphometrically. Pancreatic adaptation of the functional deprivation of 75% of the endocrine tissue is characterized by a hyperplastic process with increased cell numbers and increased size and volume of the islets.
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000818:Animals; D002467:Cell Nucleus / Q000648:ultrastructure; D003593:Cytoplasm / Q000648:ultrastructure; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D010179:Pancreas / Q000502:physiology / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D010180:Pancreatectomy; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains