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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Xenotransplantation. 2012 Nov-Dec;19(6):355–364. doi: 10.1111/xen.12009

Table.

Condition and degree of fibrosis of retrieved microbeads containing human islets from Balb/c mice 232 days post transplantation.

Animals Glycemic
condition
Microbead in the
peritoneal cavity
Rate of intact
microbead (%)
Score for fibrosis*
(%)
Mouse 1 Normoglycemia FF 100 Degree 0 (67)
Degree 1 (15)
Degree 2 (5)
Degree 3 (3)
Degree 4 (10)
Mouse 2 Hyperglycemia FF 100 Degree 0 (4)
Degree 1 (4)
Degree 2 (0)
Degree 3 (8)
Degree 4 (84)
Mouse 3 Hyperglycemia FF 100 Degree 0 (37)
Degree 1 (21)
Degree 2 (20)
Degree 3 (6)
Degree 4 (16)

FF, Free floating

*

The numerical category of the fibrotic surface cellular overgrowth (0–4) corresponds to 0%, 25%, 50%, 75%, and 100%, respectively.