Vitacyte collagenase HA: A novel enzyme blend for efficient human islet isolation

Transplantation

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1400-1402

  Caballero Corbalán, José ^a   Friberg, Andrew S ^a   Brandhorst, Heide ^a   Nilsson, Bo ^a   Korsgren, Olle ^a   Brandhorst, Daniel ^a   Andersson, Helene H ^b   Felldin, Maria ^c   Foss, Aksel ^d   Salmela, Kaija ^e   Tibell, Annika ^f   Tufveson, Gunnar ^g  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b University Hospital   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 OXOGLUTARIC ACID; COLLAGENASE; COLLAGENASE HA; HISTIDINE; INSULIN; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; COLD ISCHEMIA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INSULIN RELEASE; ISOLATED PANCREAS ISLET; LETTER; ORGAN WEIGHT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; CELL SEPARATION; CYTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREAS ISLET; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; TRANSPLANTATION;

CELL SEPARATION; COLLAGENASES; HUMANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MIDDLE AGED; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING;

EID: 74049162746     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e3181bd1441     Document Type: Letter

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