Optimization of culture conditions for the preservation of monkey pancreatic islets in culture

Pancreas

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-88

  Balamurugan, A N ^a   Ramakrishna, Banumathi ^a   Gunasekaran, S ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Culture; Culture conditions; Histology of islets; Insulin secretion; Monkey islets; RPMI 1640 culture medium; Secretagogues

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; INSULIN; LEUCINE;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CULTURE MEDIUM; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MONKEY; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE CULTURE; TISSUE PRESERVATION;

EID: 0033014205     PISSN: 08853177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006676-199907000-00013     Document Type: Article

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