Leprdb mouse model of type 2 diabetes: Pancreatic islet isolation and live-cell 2-photon imaging of intact islets

Journal of Visualized Experiments

Volumn 2015, Issue 99, 2015, Pages

  Do, Oanh H ^a   Low, Jiun T ^a   Thorn, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

2 photon imaging; Beta cell; Collagenase; Db db; Diabetes; Exocytosis; Insulin; Isolation; Issue 99; Leprdb; Liberase; Medicine; Pancreatic islets

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; LEPTIN RECEPTOR; LEPTIN RECEPTOR, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE MODEL; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; GENETICS; MOUSE; MULTIPHOTON MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PANCREAS ISLET; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; SECRETION (PROCESS);

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MICE; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE, MULTIPHOTON; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, LEPTIN;

EID: 84941254806     PISSN: 1940087X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3791/52632     Document Type: Article

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