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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biomaterials. 2011 Sep 28;32(36):9677–9684. doi: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2011.08.084

Table 2.

Analysis of transplant site and seeding density in porcine islet transplants on scaffolds.

Transplant Site Seeding Density Lectin/islet area Ki67(+) nuclei/islet area
Slides (n) Mean SEM Slides (n) Mean SEM
OM 1k 16 2.21 0.24 9 2.57 0.19
OM 4k 10 2.51 0.19 6 3.22 0.59
OM 10k 20 1.35 0.25 12 2.29 0.23
GSM 10k 10 0.95 0.17 7 2.12 0.15

Normalized lectin-positive/insulin-positive areas and Ki67-positive nuclei/insulin-positive areas were calculated. Lectin density was higher (p<0.05) for islets seeded at 1k and 4k in the OMF than at 10k in the OMF or GSM. No significant difference in the number of Ki67-positive nuclei/insulin-positive area between conditions was observed.