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Chapters
- 00:04Title
- 00:34Pancreas Isolation
- 02:50Islet Harvest
- 05:58Results: Representative Fluorescence Cell-Imaged Islets
- 06:19Conclusion
This islet isolation protocol described a novel route of collagenase injection to digest the exocrine tissue and a simplified gradient procedure to purify the islets from mice. It involves enzymatic digestion, gradient separation/purification, and islet hand-picking. Successful isolation can yield 250–350 high quality and fully functional islets per mouse.
