Fig 2. Gene expression in cultured islets, ductal cells and islets + DPS preparations.
Islets (white bar), ductal cells (hatched bar), 100 islets + 75 DPS (grey bar), and 100 islets + 200 DPS (black bar). Values are means ± SEM, (IL1B and IL1RN n = 5; CXCL11 n = 4; CD68, MRC1, VEGFA and IGF2 n = 4 on day 0, and n = 3 on day 2). † p<0.05, * p≤0.01. Wilcoxon matched paired test (day 0), and Kruskal Wallis one-way ANOVA and post hoc Dunn’s test (day 2) for IL1B, IL1RN, CXCL11 and IGF2 analysis. Paired Student’s t-test (day 0), and one-way ANOVA and post hoc Tukey’s test (day 2) for CD68, MRC1 and VEGFA analysis. RQ, relative quantity.