Low insulin content of large islet population is present in situ and in isolated islets

Islets

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 6-13

  Huang, Han Hung ^a   Novikova, Lesya ^a   Williams, S Janette ^a   Smirnova, Irina V ^a   Stehno Bittel, Lisa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cell; Electron microscopy; Insulin; Islet; Islet isolation; Rat

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CELL SIZE; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE TEST; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN RELEASE; ISOLATED PANCREAS ISLET; MALE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET CELL FUNCTION; RAT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; CELL COUNT; CELL SEPARATION; CELL SIZE; CELLS, CULTURED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 79951591634     PISSN: 19382014     EISSN: 19382022     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/isl.3.1.14132     Document Type: Article

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