Human islet isolation: Semi-automated and manual methods

Diabetes and Vascular Disease Research

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 7-12

  Paget, Michelle ^a   Murray, Hilary ^a   Bailey, Clifford J ^b   Downing, Richard ^a  

^a WORCESTERSHIRE ACUTE HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ASTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human islet isolation; Human islets of Langerhans; Islet cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

COLLAGENASE;

CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXOCRINE SECRETION; HUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; REVIEW;

AUTOMATION; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TISSUE SURVIVAL;

EID: 34247487892     PISSN: 14791641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3132/dvdr.2007.010     Document Type: Review

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