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. 2019 Jul 31;9:11147. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-47566-x

Figure 2.

Figure 2

miRNA knockout accelerates in vitro pancreatic acinar ductal metaplasia. Mouse pancreatic acinar cells were plated onto collagen and the transdifferentiation occurred over 4 days. Bright field images were captured at Day 1 (AD) and Day 4 (EH) of culture for the wild type (A,E), miR-217 (B,F), miR-216a (C,G) and miR-216b (D,H) KOs. (I) Number of ducts after 4 days of culture in the wild type and individual knockout mice. RNA was isolated from the cultures at days 1 to 4 of the transdifferentiation and the expression of J. cytokeratin 19, K. amylase 2A and L. carboxypeptidase A2 was determined by qRT-PCR. Data are presented relative to 18S rRNA (mean ± SEM) and were normalized to the day 0 controls. *P < 0.05 (Student’s t-test).