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. 2020 May 29;150(8):2061–2069. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxaa138

TABLE 4.

Characteristics of the fetal pancreas in CON and LEU sheep1

CON LEU P value
β-Cell mass, mg 154 ± 12 188 ± 28 0.13
α-Cell mass, mg 35 ± 4 36 ± 5 0.77
Ki-67+ β cells, % 3.78 ± 0.32 3.39 ± 0.47 0.51
Insulin protein, μg/g of pancreas 171 ± 30 172 ± 19 0.98
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Values are means ± SEs for CON (n = 8) and LEU (n = 8–9) fetuses. CON, control; LEU, leucine-infused.