Effects of simulated microgravity on the morphology and function of neonatal porcine cell clusters cultured with and without Sertoli cells

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-65

  Luca, G ^a   Calvitti, M ^a   Nastruzzi, C ^a   Macchiarulo, G ^a   Becchetti, E ^a   Neri, L M ^b   Capitani, S ^b   Basta, G ^a   Brunetti, P ^a   Calafiore, R ^a   Cameron, Don F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Function; Neonatal porcine cell clusters (NPCCs); Sertoli cells; Simulated microgravity coculture; Structure

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE;

ALLOGRAFT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MATURATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL VIABILITY; COCULTURE; CULTURE VESSEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HIGH ASPECT RATIO VESSEL BIOCHAMBER; INSULIN RELEASE; MICROGRAVITY; NEONATAL PORCINE CELL CLUSTER; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERTOLI CELL; SIMULATION; SWINE; TIME; XENOGRAFT;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLS, CULTURED; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; SERTOLI CELLS; SWINE; WEIGHTLESSNESS SIMULATION;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33645688665     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000006783982223     Document Type: Article

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