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From: The rat pancreatic body tail as a source of a novel extracellular matrix scaffold for endocrine pancreas bioengineering

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Method used to harvest rat pancreatic body tails: a (I-III) After a left gastric artery catheter was successfully inserted, celiac and hepatic arteries were ligated, forming a significant boundary between the head portion and the body-tail of the pancreas. A peristaltic pump was connected to pump saline into the target portion of the pancreas according to the boundaries established for harvesting the pancreatic body tail. b (i-iii) Schematic of the method used to ligate the celiac and common hepatic arteries after the left gastric artery was successfully catheterized and saline was pumped from the left gastric artery

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Journal of Biological Engineering

ISSN: 1754-1611