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.