Islet culture and counter-culture: Commentary on: Effect of short-term culture on functional and stress-related parameters in isolated human islets by Ihm et al.

Transplant International

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 531-533

  Berney, Thierry ^a  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; PROTEIN KINASE;

CELL CULTURE; CELL DEATH; CELL STRESS; CELL VIABILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE INDUCTION; GRAFT FAILURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; CELLS, CULTURED; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 64249086428     PISSN: 09340874     EISSN: 14322277     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1432-2277.2008.00794.x     Document Type: Note

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