Alginate Microencapsulation of Human Islets Does Not Increase Susceptibility to Acute Hypoxia

Table 2

Absorbance values (570 nm) representing islet viability measured by MTT.

Encapsulated islets			Non-encapsulated islets
Normoxia	Hypoxia	Reduction by hypoxia (%)	Normoxia	Hypoxia	Reduction by hypoxia (%)
0.15±0.02	0.10±0.01^∗	33.8±3.50	0.15±0.02	0.09±0.02^∗	42.9±5.20

^∗𝑃<0.002 for the effect of hypoxia, 𝑃<0.2 for the comparison of hypoxia-induced reduction of viability for encapsulated versus non-encapsulated islets. Data are mean ± SEM for 12 separate experiments (two-five parallels per condition), one-four experiments per donor (five donors).