The pancreas emerges independently from dorsal and ventral domains of embryonic gut endoderm. Gene inactivation experiments in mice have identified factors required for dorsal pancreas development, but factors that initiate the ventral pancreas have remained elusive. In this study, we investigated the hypothesis that the emergence of the ventral pancreas is related to the emergence of the liver...

Objectives: The natural origin of medicinal plants does not guaranteed their safety, as there are no sufficient studies on the safety, efficacy and toxicity to support their beneficial claims. Hence, this study aimed at investigating the oral acute toxicity of Adansonia digitata L. fruit shell extract on mice. Methods: Maceration method was employed for the extraction of Adansonia digitata fru...

Various inflammatory processes and atypically appearing benign masses can have an imaging appearance very similar to or in some cases indistinguishable from cancer. In the liver such processes include inflammatory pseudotumor, sclerosed hemangioma and focal hepatic steatosis. In the pancreas heterotopic splenule, focal autoimmune pancreatitis and solid serous cystadenoma may be difficult to dis...

Babies with intra-uterine growth restriction (IUGR) are at increased risk for experiencing negative neonatal outcomes due to their general developmental delay. The present study aimed to investigate the effects of a short postnatal leptin supply on the growth, structure, and functionality of several organs at weaning. IUGR piglets were injected from day 0 to day 5 with either 0.5 mg/kg/d leptin...

This study evaluated the effectiveness of different arsenical sources on inducing fatty liver, on changes in lipid metabolism and on liver function in mule ducks. Sixty twelve-week-old mule ducks were selected and randomly divided into five treatments, including the control group and four different arsenical sources; Roxarsone (300 mg/kg), arsanilic acid, As2O5 or As2O3, containing 85.2 mg/kg a...

The effects of body size and feed intake on N digestibility, pancreas and Liver weight, and digestive enzyme activities in male broiler chicks were compared with those induced by dietary tannins. Four groups (SSM, ad lib., pair-fed and young) of sixteen birds each (2 weeks old) were used as experimental animals. They were fed on experimental diets for 4 weeks, except the young group which were ...

The effects of body size and feed intake on N digestibility, pancreas and Liver weight, and digestive enzyme activities in male broiler chicks were compared with those induced by dietary tannins. Four groups (SSM, ad lib., pair-fed and young) of sixteen birds each (2 weeks old) were used as experimental animals. They were fed on experimental diets for 4 weeks, except the young group which were ...

Carcinosarcoma of pancreas is a rare tumour with limited clinical and pathological data reported in literature. Although carcinosarcoma predominantly found uterus, it has been identified breast, liver, prostate, kidney, salivary glands pancreas. biphasic epithelial mesenchymal components. About less than 40 cases had The treatment choice most surgery. Given such rarity, we report case pancreati...

Objective(s): Weight gain and metabolic disturbances such as dyslipidemia, are frequent side effects of second-generation antipsychotics, including olanzapine. This study examined the metabolic effects of chronic olanzapine exposure. In addition, we investigated the hepatic fatty acid effects of olanzapine in female C57BL/6J mice fed a normal diet.Materials and Methods: Female C57BL/6J mice ora...