Function and fate of agarose microcapsules containing allogeneic islets in rat recipients

Polymers for Advanced Technologies

Volumn 9, Issue 10-11, 1998, Pages 794-798

  Hasegawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Nakagawara, Gizou ^a   Imamura, Yoshiaki ^a   Iwata, Hiroo ^b   Ikada, Yoshito ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agarose; Diabetes; Histological examination; Implantation; Microencapsulated islets

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; ENCAPSULATION; HYDROGELS; IMMUNOLOGY; IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PATIENT TREATMENT; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

AGAROSE HYDROGEL; ALLOGENIC ISLETS; DIABETES; HISTOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; IMMUNOISOLATIVE ABILITY; INFLAMMATORY REACTION; LAPAROTOMY; MICROCAPSULES;

BIOPOLYMERS;

EID: 0032181273     PISSN: 10427147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1581(1998100)9:10/11<794::AID-PAT805>3.0.CO;2-7     Document Type: Article

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