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. 2012 Sep 6;303(9):G993–G1003. doi: 10.1152/ajpgi.00122.2012

Fig. 5.

Fig. 5.

Pancreatitis-like injury resulting from lysosomal/autophagic dysfunction in genetic models. A: hematoxylin-eosin-stained section of pancreas of N-acetylglucosamine-1-phosphotransferase-deficient (Gnptab−/−) mouse. Note large cytoplasmic vacuoles in acinar cells containing partially degraded cargo. [From Vogel et al. (105), by permission from Sage Publications.] B: electron micrograph showing accumulation of large autophagic vacuoles (arrowheads) in pancreas of LAMP-2-deficient mice. [From Tanaka et al. (100), by permission from Macmillan Publishers Ltd.]