Multilayer capsules: A promising microencapsulation system for transplantation of pancreatic islets

Biomaterials

Volumn 22, Issue 14, 2001, Pages 1961-1970

  Schneider, Stephan ^a   Feilen, Peter Johannes ^a   Slotty, Viola ^a   Kampfner, Daniel ^a   Preuss, Simon ^a   Berger, Svend ^b   Beyer, Jürgen ^a   Pommersheim, Rainer ^b  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b CAVIS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biocompatibility; Mechanical stability; Membrane thickness; Multilayer capsules; Pancreatic islets; Permeability

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLULOSE; ENCAPSULATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

MICROCAPSULES;

TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ALGINIC ACID; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; INSULIN; POLYACRYLIC ACID; POLYANION; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYLYSINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL CULTURE; COATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELLIPSOMETRY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; MEASUREMENT; MECHANICS; MEMBRANE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MICROENCAPSULATION; MULTILAYER CAPSULE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THICKNESS;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BIOPOLYMERS; CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE; CELLS, CULTURED; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DRUG COMPOUNDING; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROSPHERES; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARTICLE SIZE; PERMEABILITY; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; POLYETHYLENES; POLYLYSINE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; RATS; RATS, INBRED LEW; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROTOPIC;

EID: 0034984986     PISSN: 01429612     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0142-9612(00)00380-X     Document Type: Article

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