Changes of the intestinal endocrine cells in the C57BL/6 mouse after implantation of murine lung carcinoma (3LL): An immunohistochemical quantitative study

Table 2 Regional distributions and frequencies of the endocrine cells in the small intestinal tract of the C57BL/6 mouse after implantation of 3LL

Antisera	Non-implanted Sham			3LL-implanted group
	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum	Duodenum	Jejunum	Ileum
CGA1	24.70±4.11	21.10±3.70	9.30±1.95	13.20±3.79b	7.20±3.12b	2.10±1.29b
Serotonin	22.80±4.76	12.20±4.24	6.10±1.73	11.10±4.20b	9.10±1.60a	4.10±0.99b
Somatostatin	1.70±3.01	6.10±1.91	2.60±0.84	1.60±0.84	0.90±0.57b	1.40±0.70b
Glucagon	ND2	ND	1.40±0.52	ND	ND	ND
CCK-81	8.30±2.71	3.40±1.35	ND	9.40±2.55	1.30±0.48b	ND

mean±SD, number of IR cells among 1 000 epithelial and intestinal acinar cells (1 field in each animal, total 10 fields);

¹CGA: chromogranin A, CCK-8: cholecystokinin-8;

²ND: not detected;

^aP<0.05 vs non-implanted Sham by M–W test;

^bP<0.01 vs non-implanted Sham by M–W test.