Alginate modification improves long-term survival and function of transplanted encapsulated islets

Tissue Engineering - Part A

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1301-1309

  Mallett, Aaron G ^a,b   Korbutt, Gregory S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ENCAPSULATION; GLUCOSE; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); METABOLISM; PURIFICATION;

ALGINATE CAPSULES; ALGINATE MODIFICATION; BEFORE AND AFTER; BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVEL; GRAFT REJECTION; IMMUNOPROTECTION; IMMUNOSUPPRESSION PROTOCOLS; IN-VIVO; ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; METABOLIC FUNCTION; POST-MODIFICATION; SURVIVAL RATE;

ALGINATE;

ALGINIC ACID; INSULIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 66249130975     PISSN: 19373341     EISSN: 1937335X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.tea.2008.0118     Document Type: Article

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