Transplantation of xenogeneic cells secreting β-endorphin for pain treatment: Analysis of the ability of components of complement to penetrate through polymer capsules

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 527-530

  Hagihara, Yasushi ^a   Saitoh, Youichi ^a   Iwata, Hiroo ^b   Taki, Takuyu ^a   Hirano, Shun Ichiro ^a   Arita, Norio ^a   Hayakawa, Toru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endorphin; Complement; Polymer capsule; Xenograft

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BETA ENDORPHIN; COMPLEMENT; CORTICOTROPIN; POLYMER; POLYSULFONE; PROOPIOMELANOCORTIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL SECRETION; CELL STRAIN BHK; CELL STRAIN L 929; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN RELEASE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG PENETRATION; ENCAPSULATION; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSFECTION; GRAFT REJECTION; HEMOLYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MONKEY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHEEP ERYTHROCYTE; XENOGRAFT;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BETA-ENDORPHIN; CAPSULES; CELL LINE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; COMPLEMENT HEMOLYTIC ACTIVITY ASSAY; COMPLEMENT SYSTEM PROTEINS; FEMALE; FIBROBLASTS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MACACA; NEURONS; PAIN; PERMEABILITY; POLYMERS; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0030769064     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0963-6897(97)00076-6     Document Type: Article

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