dnVegfaa exerts a dose-dependent effect on β-cell dispersion. (A) β-Cells (green) from 48 hpf Tg(ins:GFP) embryos with mosaic Tg(ins:dnvegfaa) expression. The percentage of β-cells expressing dnvegfaa (magenta) is indicated, as is the severity of islet dispersion (intact, moderate or severe; white). (B) Quantification of embryos displaying varying severity of islet dispersion. (C-J) Immunostaining for insulin (β-cells, red) and endothelial cells (green) in 48 hpf Tg(fli:GFP) embryos, in combination with the indicated transgenic or mutant line, n=3-5 animals per genotype. Maximum intensity projections are presented. A, anterior; D, dorsal.
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