Human adrenocortical cell xenotransplantation: Model of cotransplantation of human adrenocortical cells and 3T3 cells in scid mice to form vascularized functional tissue and prevent adrenal insufficiency

Xenotransplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 58-67

  Thomas, Michael ^a,b   Wang, Xiangdong ^a   Hornsby, Peter J ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Cell transplantation; Human adrenocortical cells; Proliferation; Ultrastructure; Vascularization

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE; CORTICOSTERONE; FIBROBLAST GROWTH FACTOR; GLUCOCORTICOID; HYDROCORTISONE; MITOMYCIN C;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX; ADRENAL CORTEX CELL; ADRENAL INSUFFICIENCY; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; KIDNEY CAPSULE; MICROVILLUS; MITOCHONDRION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SCID MOUSE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VASCULARIZATION; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

3T3 CELLS; ADRENAL CORTEX; ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MICE; MICE, SCID; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; SUBRENAL CAPSULE ASSAY; TRANSPLANTATION, HETEROLOGOUS;

EID: 0036461352     PISSN: 0908665X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0908-665x.2001.00138.x     Document Type: Article

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