The link between defective autophagy and pancreatitis could point to new treatments

(A) Representative H&E staining image of a mouse pancreas. The black arrow denotes the acinar cells and the white arrow denotes the islet. (B) Representative image of electron microscopy analysis of mouse pancreatic acinar cells. The white dotted line and the arrow denote the apical membrane. The black dotted line and the arrow denote the basal lateral membrane. ER, endoplasmic reticulum; M, mitochondria; N, nucleus; ZG, zymogen granule. Credit: Wen-Xing Ding, Xiaowen Ma, Sydney Kim, Shaogui Wang and Hong-Min Ni. Researchers are exploring a new potential avenue for pancreatitis treatment: Read More