Islets of Langerhans, essential functional units of glucose homeostasis, are embedded in a dense endothelial capillary network. Islet vasculature not only supplies nutrients and oxygen to endocrine ...

Then CD31 staining of diabetic mice hearts showed that microvascular ... the images were observed and photographed under a confocal microscope (Olympus). Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells(HUVECs) ...

Department of Ophthalmology, Tongji Hospital Affiliated with Tongji University, Shanghai 200065, People’s Republic of China ...