A new culture method for human pancreatic islets using a biopore membrane insert

Pancreas

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 199-204

  Hober, Christine ^a   Benhamou, Pierre Y ^a   Watt, Philip C ^a   Watanabe, Yasuo ^a   Nomura, Yuji ^a   Stein, Elizabeth ^a   Brunicardi, F Charles ^a   Mullen, Yoko ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Fibroblasts; Human islet culture; Membrane insert

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CADAVER DONOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SYNTHESIS; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TECHNIQUE; TISSUE CULTURE;

EID: 0031059346     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199703000-00014     Document Type: Article

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