Nanoporous biocapsules for the encapsulation of insulinoma cells: Biotransport and biocompatibility considerations

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1335-1341

  Leoni, L ^a   Desai, T A ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Chicago   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion; Glucose; Immunoisolation; Insulin; Insulinoma cells; Matrix; Membrane; Micromachined; Nanoporous

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

NANOPOROUS BIOCAPSULES;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL TRANSPORT; DIFFUSION; DRUG CAPSULE; ENCAPSULATION; GLUCOSE TRANSPORT; INSULINOMA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POROSITY;

ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CAPSULES; DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION CHAMBERS, CULTURE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; INSULINOMA; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; KINETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0034775030     PISSN: 00189294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/10.959329     Document Type: Article

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