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Highly-multiplexed volumetric map** with Raman dye imaging and tissue clearing
Map** the localization of multiple proteins in their native three-dimensional (3D) context would be useful across many areas of biomedicine, but multiplexed fluorescence imaging has limited intrinsic multipl...
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The physiological role of β-cell heterogeneity in pancreatic islet function
Endocrine cells within the pancreatic islets of Langerhans are heterogeneous in terms of transcriptional profile, protein expression and the regulation of hormone release. Even though this heterogeneity has lo...
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Open AccessOptogenetic stimulation of cholinergic fibers for the modulation of insulin and glycemia
Previous studies have demonstrated stimulation of endocrine pancreas function by vagal nerve electrical stimulation. While this increases insulin secretion, expected concomitant reductions in circulating gluco...
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Open AccessContrast-enhanced ultrasound with sub-micron sized contrast agents detects insulitis in mouse models of type1 diabetes
In type1 diabetes (T1D) autoreactive T-cells infiltrate the islets of Langerhans, depleting insulin-secreting β-cells (insulitis). Insulitis arises during an asymptomatic phase, prior to clinical diagnosis of ...
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Evidence that Evolution of the Diabetes Susceptibility Gene SLC30A8 that Encodes the Zinc Transporter ZnT8 Drives Variations in Pancreatic Islet Zinc Content in Multiple Species
Pancreatic islet zinc levels vary widely between species. Very low islet zinc levels in Guinea pigs were thought to be driven by evolution of the INS gene that resulted in the generation of an isoform lacking a h...
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Open AccessThe Impact of Pancreatic Beta Cell Heterogeneity on Type 1 Diabetes Pathogenesis
To discuss advances in our understanding of beta-cell heterogeneity and the ramifications of this for type 1 diabetes (T1D) and its therapy.
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Open AccessContrast-enhanced ultrasound measurement of pancreatic blood flow dynamics predicts type 1 diabetes progression in preclinical models
In type 1 diabetes (T1D), immune-cell infiltration into the islets of Langerhans (insulitis) and β-cell decline occurs many years before diabetes clinically presents. Non-invasively detecting insulitis and β-c...
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Fluorescence Linear Dichroism Imaging for Quantifying Membrane Order
The plasma membrane of a cell is an ordered environment, giving rise to anisotropic orientations and restricted motion of constituent lipids and proteins. The membrane environment is also dynamic and heterogen...
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Multidimensional Fluorescence Imaging Applied to Biological Tissue
Following the considerable impact of the application of convenient ultrafast lasers to multiphoton microscopy on biomedical imaging, it seems to us that FLIM and MDFI continue the trend in which advances in in...