Table 1.

Hepatocyte size and autoradiographic labeling after continuous infusion of hormones into the left portal vein branch of dogs with Eck's fistula

			No. of labeled hepatocytes per 1000 hepatocytesa		Cell size unitsa
Group	N	Dose kg/day	Left lobe	Right lobe	Left lobe	Right lobe
Prolactin	2	200 ng	3.95 ± 0.07	3.95 ± 0.06	0.100 ± 0.01	0.097 ± 0.01
Angiotensin II	2	100 ng	4.1 ± 0.05	3.85 ± 0.06	0.101 ± 0.01	0.098 ± 0.03
Angiotensin II	1	200 ng	4.2	3.9	0.114	0.100
Vasopressin	2	50 ng	3.95 ± 0.07	3.85 ± 0.07	0.097 ± 0.01	0.093 ± 0.01
Norepinephrine	3	0.10 ng	3.73 ± 0.7	3.8 ± 0.7	0.104 ± 0.02	0.104 ± 0.01
Estradiol	3	700 ng	5.3 ± 0.8	5.1 ± 0.4	0.099 ± 0.01	0.099 ± 0.01
T3	3	100 ng	7.02 ± 0.9b	4.1 ± 0.4	0.115 ± 0.01	0.097 ± 0.01
Insulin	5	0.43 units	13 ± 3.8c	4.6 ± 0.9	0.160 ± 0.02b	0.100 ± 0.02
Glucagon	3	0.6 mg	4.2 ± 1.5	4.3 ± 1.1	0.085 ± 0.01	0.082 ± 0.01

^aMean ± S.D.

^bp < 0.005.

^cp < 0.001.