Effect of complement activation in human serum on isolated porcine islets

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 5 SUPPL. 1, 1996, Pages

  Kin, Tatsuya ^a   Nakajima, Yoshiyuki ^a   Kanehiro, Hiromichi ^a   Aomatsu, Yukio ^a   Yoshimura, Atsushi ^a   Taki, Jyunichiro ^a   Ko, Saiho ^a   Yagura, Kazuaki ^a   Oyama, Takao ^a   Ohashi, Kazuo ^a   Nakano, Hiroshige ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult porcine islets; Complement activation; MTT assay; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; COLORIMETRY; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; COMPLEMENT DEPENDENT CYTOTOXICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; ISOLATED PANCREAS ISLET; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SWINE; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 0029768837     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(96)00038-3     Document Type: Article

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