Revascularization and remodelling of pancreatic islets grafted under the kidney capsule

Journal of Anatomy

Volumn 210, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 565-577

  Morini, Sergio ^a   Brown, Melissa L ^b   Cicalese, Luca ^b   Elias, George ^b   Carotti, Simone ^a   Gaudio, Eugenio ^a,c   Rastellini, Cristiana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Islets of Langerhans; Revascularization; Structure; Transplantation; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BROXURIDINE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COUNT; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL STRESS; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINE CELL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GRAFT RECIPIENT; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY BLOOD FLOW; KIDNEY CAPSULE; KIDNEY CORTEX; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET ALPHA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET DELTA CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REVASCULARIZATION; SECRETORY CELL; STAINING; TISSUE STRUCTURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ANIMALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, EXPERIMENTAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GRAFT SURVIVAL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY; MALE; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PHYSIOLOGIC; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSPLANTATION, ISOGENEIC;

ANIMALIA; MUS;

EID: 34247533236     PISSN: 00218782     EISSN: 14697580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7580.2007.00717.x     Document Type: Article

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