| First Author | Kilimnik G | Year | 2009 |
| Journal | Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab | Volume | 297 |
| Issue | 6 | Pages | E1331-8 |
| PubMed ID | 19808908 | Mgi Jnum | J:159564 |
| Mgi Id | MGI:4443263 | Doi | 10.1152/ajpendo.00479.2009 |
| Citation | Kilimnik G, et al. (2009) Quantification of pancreatic islet distribution in situ in mice. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 297(6):E1331-8 |
| abstractText | Tracing changes of specific cell populations in health and disease is an important goal of biomedical research. Precisely monitoring pancreatic beta-cell proliferation and islet growth is a challenging area of research. We have developed a method to capture the distribution of beta-cells in the intact pancreas of transgenic mice with fluorescence-tagged beta-cells with a macro written for ImageJ (rsb.info.nih.gov/ij/). Total beta-cell area and islet number and size distribution are quantified with reference to specific parameters and location for each islet and for small clusters of beta-cells. The entire distribution of islets can now be plotted in three dimensions, and the information from the distribution on the size and shape of each islet allows a quantitative and a qualitative comparison of changes in overall beta-cell area at a glance. |
