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Mollie K Huber1, Denise M Drotar2, Helmut Hiller1, Maria L Beery1, Paul Joseph1, Irina Kusmartseva1, Stephan Speier2, Mark A Atkinson1, Clayton E Mathews1, Edward A Phelps3.
Abstract
Live pancreatic tissue slices allow for the study of islet physiology and function in the context of an intact islet microenvironment. Slices are prepared from live human and mouse pancreatic tissue embedded in agarose and cut using a vibratome. This method allows for the tissue to maintain viability and function in addition to preserving underlying pathologies such as type 1 (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). The slice method enables new directions in the study of the pancreas through the maintenance of the complex structures and various intercellular interactions that comprise the endocrine and exocrine tissues of the pancreas. This protocol demonstrates how to perform staining and time-lapse microscopy of live endogenous immune cells within pancreatic slices along with assessments of islet physiology. Further, this approach can be refined to discern immune cell populations specific for islet cell antigens using major histocompatibility complex-multimer reagents.Entities:
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Year: 2021 PMID： 33900291 PMCID： PMC8314551 DOI： 10.3791/62207
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Vis Exp ISSN： 1940-087X Impact factor: 1.355