Experimental Microencapsulation of Porcine and Rat Pancreatic Islet Cells With Air-Driven Droplet Generator and Alginate

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2578-2580

  Koo, S K ^b   Kim, S C ^a   Wee, Y M ^b   Kim, Y H ^b   Jung, E J ^b   Choi, M Y ^b   Park, Y H ^b   Park, K T ^a   Lim, D G ^b   Han, D J ^b  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Asan Institute for Life Sciences   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; GLUCOSE; INSULIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENERATOR; INSULIN RELEASE; MICROENCAPSULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

AIR; ALGINATES; ANIMALS; CELL SURVIVAL; DRUG COMPOUNDING; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; RATS; SWINE;

EID: 53149119538     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2008.08.019     Document Type: Article

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