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. 2012 Dec 9;2012:856386. doi: 10.1155/2012/856386

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Copyright © 2012 Suzanne Bertera et al.

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Islet transplantation under the kidney capsule. (a) Mouse kidney with PE50 tubing containing 70 syngeneic islets in HBSS-BSA solution. (b) Islets are expelled from the tubing and deposited under the capsule with no islets remaining adherent inside the tubing. (c) For comparison, islet transplant using 400 islets frequently required for grafts transplanted without BSA to achieve normalization. (d) Some islets adhere to the tubing after depositing the majority under the kidney capsule. Original magnification 65x.