An overview of the immune system with specific reference to membrane encapsulation and islet transplantation

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 944, Issue , 2001, Pages 226-239

  Gray, Derek W R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Immune system; Islet transplantation; Membrane encapsulation; Overview

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN PRESENTATION; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CYTOKINE RELEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOMODULATION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 0035687097     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2001.tb03835.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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