Modification of islet of langerhans surfaces with immunoprotective poly(ethylene glycol) coatings via interfacial photopolymerization

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1994, Pages 383-386

  Sawhney, Amarpreet S ^a,b   Pathak, Chandrashekhar P ^a,b   Hubbell, Jeffrey A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b F CAL   (United States)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; insulin; islet of Langerhans; PEG coating

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DISEASES; ENCAPSULATION; GELS; GLUCOSE; GLYCOLS; INSULIN; ORGANIC COATINGS; SURFACE TREATMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

CYTOTOXICITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HYDROGEL COATING; INTERFACIAL PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; ISLET OF LANGERHANS; MACROMERS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL;

POLYMERIZATION;

MACROGOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; POLYMERIZATION; RAT; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0028470883     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.260440317     Document Type: Letter

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