Senescent beta cells show high levels of proteins that display antigens to the immune system (IMAGE)

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Senescent beta cells show high levels of proteins that display antigens to the immune system

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Pancreatic islets from adult human subject stained for Insulin (INS) marking beta cells, for p16, and for HLA-I – the system by which cells display antigens to attract immune attack. Blue (DAPI) marks DNA. Arrows indicate p16high cells. Scale bar = 10 μm.

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Nucleic Acids Research

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