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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Diabetologia. 2009 Jan 16;52(4):626–635. doi: 10.1007/s00125-008-1255-x

Table 1.

ROS levels (n=3), beta cell apoptosis (n=5), insulin content (n=5) and amyloid prevalence (n=5) in islets following isolation and overnight recovery.

Non-transgenic hIAPP transgenic
ROS Levels
(fold over non-transgenic)
1.00 1.01 ± 0.01
% Apoptotic Beta Cells 0.13 ± 0.01 0.10 ± 0.05
Insulin Content
(nmol/100 islets)
1171 ± 165 1347 ± 266
Amyloid Prevalence
(% islets with amyloid)
0 0