Hypothyroidism Affects Vascularization and Promotes Immune Cells Infiltration into Pancreatic Islets of Female Rabbits

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Vascularization of islets from control (light) and hypothyroid (dark) female rabbits. Number of blood vessels in overall islets (a), in islets categorized by size (b), in portions of the islets (c), in the internal portion of islets categorized by size (d), and in the external portion of islets categorized by size (e). Area covered by the basement membrane of blood vessels for overall islets (f) and categorized by size (g). Different capital letters indicate significant differences between sizes of islets in control females. A similar order is given by lowercase letters for hypothyroid females. Asterisks indicate significant differences between treatments and . E: external portion of the islet; I: internal portion of the islet.

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