Things we have learned from tilapia islet xenotransplantation

General and Comparative Endocrinology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 125-131

  Alexander, Emily L R ^a   Dooley, Kent C ^a   Pohajdak, Bill ^b   Xu, Bao You ^c   Wright Jr , James R ^a,c  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brockmann bodies; Glucose homeostasis; Insulin; Islets; Teleost fish; Tilapia; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; GLUCOSE TRANSPORTER; HUMAN INSULIN;

GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE HOMEOSTASIS; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; GRAFT RECIPIENT; GRAFT REJECTION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TILAPIA; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 33746540702     PISSN: 00166480     EISSN: 10956840     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2005.12.002     Document Type: Review

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