Handle Region Peptide Ameliorating Insulin Resistance but Not β Cell Functions in Male Rats Neonatally Treated with Sodium L-Glutamate

Figure 3

Insulin positive cells ((a1)–(e1)) and glucagon positive cells ((a2)–(e2)) in pancreatic islets (×400) and ratio of stained area (β-cell area and α-cell area) to the area of whole islet ((f1) and (f2)). (a) Con; (b) MSG; (c) MSG-HRP; (d) MSG-L; (e) MSG-HRP-L; *compared with MSG group, 𝑃<0.05; **compared with MSG group, 𝑃<0.01; ^#compared with Con group, 𝑃<0.05.