IMAGING BETA CELL DEVELOPMENT IN REAL-TIME USING PANCREATIC EXPLANTS FROM MICE WITH GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN–LABELED PANCREATIC BETA CELLS

1 January 2005

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in In Vitro Cellular & Developmental Biology – Animal

Vol. 41 (1) , 7-11
https://doi.org/10.1290/0412080.1

Abstract

We present a convenient method for monitoring pancreatic beta cell development in real-time, through in vitro culture of embryonic pancreatic explants from transgenic mice with a genetic tag for insulin-producing beta cells.

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