Fig. 7.

Blood glucose profiles of streptozotocin (STZ) mice transplanted with fresh islets, cryopreserved islets, and cryopreserved encapsulated islets. Daily blood glucose in STZ-induced diabetic nude mice. Day –10 indicated the first day of blood glucose testing prior to any intervention. On day 0, the arrow indicates the STZ injection the mice received with the subsequent hyperglycemia. On day 7 after STZ injection, the arrow indicates the 1,000 islets transplanted intraperitoneally (for encapsulated islets due to size) or in the kidney capsule (for free islets). The remainder of the figure shows the blood glucose among the 3 experimental groups until day 50. *p < 0.05.