Microgravity culture condition reduces immunogenicity and improves function of pancreatic islets

Transplantation

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 13-21

  Rutzky, Lynne P ^a   Bilinski, Szczepan ^a   Kloc, Malgorzata ^a   Phan, Tammy ^a   Zhang, Huimin ^a   Katz, Stephen M ^a   Stepkowski, Stanislaw M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CHANNEL GATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENDRITIC CELL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOGENICITY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROGRAVITY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECRETORY CELL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TIGHT JUNCTION; TITRIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0037099448     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007890-200207150-00004     Document Type: Article

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