Extrapancreatic Glucagon and Glucagonlike Immunoreactivity in Depancreatized Dogs: A QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SECRETION RATES AND ANATOMICAL DELINEATION OF SOURCES
Institut de Biochimie Clinique in the Department of Medicine, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland;Institut de Biochimie Clinique in the Department of Physiology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
Abstract:
The anatomical sites and the rates of extrapancreatic secretion of glucagon and of glucagon-like immunoreactivity (GLI) were assessed in dogs 2 h after pancreatectomy by catheterization of the gastrosplenic and mesenteric veins.