Template:Pancreas islet species comparison table
From Embryology
Pancreas Islet Species Comparison | |||
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Species | Age | Islet size (μm) | β-cell ratio |
Human | 39 years (adult) | 50 ± 29 | 0.64 ± 0.21 |
Monkey | 1 year | 67 ± 38* | 0.79 ± 0.14* |
Pig | 6 month | 49 ± 15a | 0.89 ± 0.11* |
Rabbit | 6 month | 64 ± 28* | 0.79 ± 0.17* |
Bird | 40 day | 24 ± 6* | 0.46 ± 0.24* |
Wild-type mouse | 6 month | 116 ± 80* | 0.85 ± 0.14* |
Pregnant mouse | 3 month | 112 ± 94* | 0.84 ± 0.22* |
ob/ob mouse | 15 week | 86 ± 76* | 0.92 ± 0.11* |
db/db mouse | 15 week | 47 ± 24b | 0.53 ± 0.24c |
*p < 0.0001 ap = 0.65 bp = 0.42 cp = 0.0004 compared with human.
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Reference: [1] |