title: Age-related changes of elements and relationships among elements in the common bile and pancreatic ducts.
abstract: To elucidate compositional changes of the common bile and main pancreatic ducts with aging, the authors investigated age-related changes of element contents in the common bile and pancreatic ducts by inductively coupled plasma-atomic emission spectrometry. After ordinary dissection by medical students was finished, the common bile ducts and main pancreatic ducts (pancreatic ducts) were resected and the element contents were determined. The Mg content increased significantly only in the pancreatic duct with aging, but the other element contents did not change significantly in both the common bile and pancreatic ducts with aging. Regarding the relationships among the elements, significant direct correlations were found among the contents of Ca, P, S, and Mg in the common bile ducts, with some exceptions between P and either S or Mg contents. In the pancreatic ducts, significant direct correlations were found between S and Mg contents and between P and Na contents. The relationships in the elements between the common bile and pancreatic ducts were examined. It was found that there were significant direct correlations in the Ca, Mg, and Fe contents between the common bile and pancreatic ducts; that is, as Ca, Mg, and Fe increased in the common bile duct, they increased simultaneously in the pancreatic duct.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Nara Medical University, Kashihara, Nara 634-8521, Japan.
authors.forename: Yoshiyuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tohno
authors.forename: Setsuko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tohno
authors.forename: Masa-Oki
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Cho
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Azuma
authors.forename: Yumi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Moriwake
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: Hirohisa
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maruyama
authors.forename: Tokuko
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Omura
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001652:Bile Ducts / Q000737:chemistry*; D004602:Elements; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010183:Pancreatic Ducts / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004602:Elements