Novel standards in the measurement of rat insulin granules combining electron microscopy, high-content image analysis and in silico modelling.
Fava E, Dehghany J, Ouwendijk J, Müller A, Niederlein A, Verkade P, Meyer-Hermann M, Solimena M
Knowledge of number, size and content of insulin secretory granules is pivotal for understanding the physiology of pancreatic beta cells. Here we re-evaluated key structural features of rat beta cells, including insulin granule size, number and distribution as well as cell size.