Islet Cell Proliferation in Pancreatic Islets (IMAGE)

University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine

Islet Cell Proliferation in Pancreatic Islets

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Comparison of islet cell proliferation in pancreatic islets with (left panel) and without (right panel) menin protein. The pink dots within the dashed yellow circle -- indicated by the red arrows -- represent proliferating islet cells. More proliferating cells (pink dots) appear in islets without menin (right).

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Ya-Xiong Chen, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, and Cancer Research, June 2006

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