Improved function of rat islets upon co-microencapsulation with Sertoli's cells in alginate/poly-L-ornithine

AAPS PharmSciTech

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages

  Luca, Giovanni ^a   Calafiore, Riccardo ^a   Basta, Giuseppe ^a   Ricci, Maurizio ^a   Calvitti, Mario ^a   Neri, Luca ^b   Nastruzzi, Claudio ^a   Becchetti, Ennio ^a   Capitani, Silvano ^b   Brunetti, Paolo ^a   Rossi, Carlo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; POLYORNITHINE; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; PEPTIDE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INCUBATION TIME; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MICROCAPSULE; MICROENCAPSULATION; MITOGENESIS; MITOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PURIFICATION; RAT; SERTOLI CELL; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; COCULTURE; EVALUATION; EXPERIMENTAL DIABETES MELLITUS; METHODOLOGY; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SECRETION; TRANSPLANTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICE; MITOSIS; PEPTIDES; RATS; SERTOLI CELLS;

EID: 0038672535     PISSN: 15309932     EISSN: 15309932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1208/pt020315     Document Type: Article

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