A selective decrease in the beta cell mass of human islets transplanted into diabetic nude mice

Transplantation

Volumn 59, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 817-820

  Davalli, Alberto M ^a,b   Ogawa, Y ^b   Ricordi, C ^c   Scharp, D W ^d   Bonner Weir, S ^b   Weir, G C ^b  

^a Scientific Institute San Raffalle ^*  (Italy)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUDE MOUSE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES;

ANIMAL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY WEIGHT; CELL DEATH; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICE; MICE, NUDE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0028963533     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-199503000-00003     Document Type: Article

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