Extracellular matrix in pancreatic islets: Relevance to scaffold design and transplantation

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Stendahl, John C ^a,b,d   Kaufman, Dixon B ^a,c   Stupp, Samuel I ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

cells; Basement membrane; Extracellular matrix; Integrins; Islet transplantation

Indexed keywords

ARGINYLGLYCYLASPARTIC ACID; COLLAGEN; FIBRONECTIN; INTEGRIN; LAMININ;

BLOOD VESSEL INNERVATION; CELL COMPOSITION; CELL CULTURE; CELL INTERACTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENGRAFTMENT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; MICROVASCULARIZATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS BLOOD FLOW; PANCREAS ISLET CELL; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; REVIEW; TRANSPLANTATION TOLERANCE;

EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 66849135111     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/096368909788237195     Document Type: Review

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