Tubular complexes with strong β-galactosidase staining were not observed in the pancreas of sham or STZ treated Axin2+/lacZ mice, but in the pancreas of normoglycemic as well as hyperglycemic Axin2+/lacZ mice during acute pancreatitis (Fig. 2b; Table 2). Here, AXIN2 is linked to acute pancreatitis.