Cryopreserved agarose-encapsulated islets as bioartificial pancreas: A feasibility study

Transplantation

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 29-34

  Agudelo G, Carlos A ^a,c   Teramura, Yuji ^b   Iwata, Hiroo ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agarose; Bioartificial pancreas; Cryopreservation; Islets; Transplantation; Vitrification

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; SEPHAROSE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; ENCAPSULATION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INSULIN RELEASE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOZOCIN DIABETES; VITRIFICATION; ANIMAL; ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HAMSTER; METABOLISM; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; SECRETION; SYRIAN HAMSTER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CRICETINAE; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; INSULIN; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MESOCRICETUS; MICE; PANCREAS, ARTIFICIAL; SEPHAROSE;

EID: 58949083554     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318191b24b     Document Type: Article

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