Lysosomal Exoglycosidase Profile and Secretory Function in the Salivary Glands of Rats with Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes

Table 3

The effect of STZ-induced diabetes on histological observation in the salivary glands.

	C2	C4	STZ 2	STZ 4
Submandibular glands	8 (+)	8 (+)	7 (++), 1 (+++)	7 (+++), 1 (++++)
Parotid glands	8 (+)	7 (+), 1 (++)	4 (+++), 4 (++++)^,#	8 (+++++)^,#

+: single vacuoles in the cytoplasm of acinar cells; ++: 5–10% of the each section occupied by pathological changes; +++: 11–20% of the each section occupied by pathological changes; ++++: 21–30% of the each section occupied by pathological changes; +++++: >30% of the each section occupied by pathological changes; C2 and C4 are the control groups; STZ2 and STZ4 are the diabetic groups; STZ2 versus C2 or STZ4 versus C4: ; parotid versus submandibular: .