Immunohistochemical Colocalization of Insulin, Aromatic L-amino Acid Decarboxylase and Dopamine Beta-hydroxylase in Islet B Cells of Chicken Pancreas

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Journal Cell Tissue Res

Specialties Anatomy & Histology
Cell Biology

Date 1991 Jan 1

PMID 1672624

Citations 3

Authors

T Watanabe

I Nagatsu

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Abstract

The identity of the monoamine which produces a very weak formaldehyde-induced fluorescence in some pancreatic islet cells was studied by fluorescence microscopy and immunohistochemistry either on the same tissue section or on serial tissue sections of tissue from male chickens. Pancreatic islet cells showing this very weak formaldehyde-induced fluorescence react immunohistochemically with antisera directed against insulin, aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase and dopamine beta-hydroxylase and therefore appear to be islet B cells producing insulin and noradrenaline.

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