Determination of Optimal Sample Size for Quantification of β-Cell Area, Amyloid Area and β-Cell Apoptosis in Isolated Islets

Automated quantification of pancreatic β-cell mass

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Matrix Metalloproteinase-9 Reduces Islet Amyloid Formation by Degrading Islet Amyloid Polypeptide

(2012) Kathryn Aston-Mourney et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

β-Cell Loss and β-Cell Apoptosis in Human Type 2 Diabetes Are Related to Islet Amyloid Deposition

(2011) Catherine A. Jurgens et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PATHOLOGY

Exendin-4 increases islet amyloid deposition but offsets the resultant beta cell toxicity in human islet amyloid polypeptide transgenic mouse islets

(2011) K. Aston-Mourney et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

cJUN N-terminal kinase (JNK) activation mediates islet amyloid-induced beta cell apoptosis in cultured human islet amyloid polypeptide transgenic mouse islets

(2011) S. L. Subramanian et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Expression of wild-type and mutant S20G hIAPP in physiologic knock-in mouse models fails to induce islet amyloid formation, but induces mild glucose intolerance

(2011) Henry J Hiddinga et al.   Journal of Diabetes Investigation

Contribution of postnatally formed small beta cell aggregates to functional beta cell mass in adult rat pancreas

(2010) M. Chintinne et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

Neprilysin Impedes Islet Amyloid Formation by Inhibition of Fibril Formation Rather Than Peptide Degradation

(2010) Sakeneh Zraika et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Oxidative stress is induced by islet amyloid formation and time-dependently mediates amyloid-induced beta cell apoptosis

(2009) S. Zraika et al.   DIABETOLOGIA

A protocol for islet isolation from mouse pancreas

(2009) Dong-Sheng Li et al.   Nature Protocols