Insulin secretion and apoptosis data of HCV-negative and HCV-positive pancreatic islets
Insulin release (% insulin content) | Apoptosis | |||||
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3.3 mmol/l glucose | 16.7 mmol/l glucose | ELISA* | EM† | |||
HCV− | 1.7 ± 0.3 | 3.8 ± 0.5‡ | 0.9 ± 0.1 | 2.0 ± 0.2 | ||
HCV+ | 1.6 ± 0.3 | 2.9 ± 0.4‡§ | 1.0 ± 0.2 | 1.8 ± 0.2 |
Data are means ± SD.
↵* Data are expressed as arbitrary units of optical density;
↵† data are expressed as percentage of apoptotic β-cell over total number of counted β-cells;
↵‡ P < 0.01 vs. 3.3 mmol/l and
↵§ P < 0.05 vs. 16.7 mmol/l glucose, HCV− by the two-tailed Student’s t test. ELISA, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; EM, electron microscopy.