Table 3.

Fetal pancreatic characteristics

	CON	AA
Insulin content, μg/g	23.28 ± 1.89	21.52 ± 1.32
Glucagon content, μg/g	2.09 ± 0.15	2.50 ± 0.13
β-Cell mass, g	0.15 ± 0.01	0.14 ± 0.02
β-Cell area, %	4.27 ± 0.30	4.49 ± 0.25
α-Cell mass, g	0.08 ± 0.01	0.08 ± 0.02
α-Cell area, %	2.24 ± 0.39	2.58 ± 0.26
Glucokinase mRNA (ratio)	1.00 ± 0.21	0.56 ± 0.60
GLUT2 mRNA (ratio)	1.00 ± 0.12	1.21 ± 0.07
PDX-1 mRNA (ratio)	1.00 ± 0.06	0.84 ± 0.04
Islet vascular density (%)	10.86 ± 0.01	9.52 ± 0.01
Islet area, μm2	1,800.50 ± 171.00	1,602.40 ± 134.20

Values are means ± SE; CON (n = 7) and AA (n = 7).