Figure 4

The characteristics of transplanted islets in five monkey livers were similar in whole segments. Diameters of islets and of grafted islets were obtained after analysis using the Positive Pixel Count algorithm. (a) Linear graphs represent the overall similarity of segments between monkeys. Each segment was labeled with a different color line. The y axis indicates the distribution of the counted islets’ diameter. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. (b) The statistical similarity of the column graph indicates the similarity of each segment to S1 or S8. Segments with less than 10 islets are shown in light gray and were excluded from statistical analysis. The diameter of the counted islets showed similarity in whole segments with the exception of monkey LM-3. *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01. (c) The location of grafted islets was determined after islet counting. Islets located in the grafted site of the portal triad zone and sinusoid were designated as the portal vein and sinusoid, respectively. Transplanted islets were highly distributed in the portal vein site.