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Lepr(db) mouse model of type 2 diabetes: pancreatic islet isolation and live-cell 2-photon imaging of intact islets.
Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE - 11 May 2015
Do Oanh H, Low Jiun T, Thorn Peter
Abstract excerpt
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic disease affecting 382 million people in 2013, and is expected to rise to 592 million by 2035 (1). During the past 2 decades, the role of beta-cell dysfunction in type 2 diabetes has been clearly established (2). Research progress has required methods for the isolation of pancreatic islets. The protocol of the islet isolation presented here shares many common steps with protocols from...
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