Effects of Diabetes on Post-Menopausal Rat Submandibular Glands: A Histopathological and Stereological Examination
| Autor: | B. Unal, Ismail Can, Basak Buyuk, Erdem Toktay, Osman Nuri Keles, Zeliha Yetim, Jale Selli, Seçil Nazife Parlak |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Myoepithelial cell Striated duct General Medicine medicine.disease Submandibular gland Pathophysiology Pathogenesis Menopause Endocrinology medicine.anatomical_structure Internal medicine Diabetes mellitus Ovariectomized rat medicine Original Article business |
| Popis: | OBJECTIVE The menopause in elderly women is a physiological process where ovarian and uterine cycles end. Diabetes means higher blood glucose level that is a metabolic disease and has an increased incidence. The aim of the study was to examine the single or combined effects of menopause and diabetes that causes pathophysiological processes on submandibular gland on ovariectomy and diabetes induced rat models. MATERIALS AND METHODS Sprague Dawley twelve weeks old female (n=24) rats were divided randomly into four groups; Healthy control group (n=6), diabetic group (DM, n=6), ovariectomized group (OVX, n=6), post ovariectomy diabetes induced group (DM+OVX, n=6) individually. Histopathological, histochemical and stereological analyses were done in these groups. RESULTS Significant neutrophil cell infiltrations and myoepithelial cell proliferations, granular duct and seromucous acini damages and changes in the content of especially seromucous acini secretion in DM and/or OVX groups and distinctive interstitial and striated duct damages in post ovariectomy diabetes induced group were detected. Alterations ingranular ducts hypertrophic and in seromucous acini atrophic were determined in DM and/or OVX groups. CONCLUSION The results revealed the pathophysiological processes that lead to morphological and functional alterations on the cellular level in submandibular glands. The molecular mechanisms related with pathogenesis of diabetes and menopause need further investigation. |
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