How to isolate pancreatic islets from C57BL/6J mice using Ficoll Paque Plus and Percoll?

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I am looking to isolate Pancreatic islets from C57BL/6J mice using Ficoll Paque Plus and also Percoll. Can anyone mentioned the actual steps needed to isolate the islets? Thank you.

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