Self-folding immunoprotective cell encapsulation devices

Nanomedicine: Nanotechnology, Biology, and Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 686-689

  Randall, Christina L ^a   Kalinin, Yevgeniy V ^b   Jamal, Mustapha ^b   Shah, Aakash ^b   Gracias, David H ^b,c  

^a Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine   (United States)

^b Whiting School of Engineering   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioartificial pancreas; Cell encapsulation therapy; Diabetes; Diffusion; Immunoisolation; Insulin; Membrane; Nanopore

Indexed keywords

BIO-ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS; CELL ENCAPSULATION THERAPY; CELL ENCAPSULATIONS; CELL TRANSPLANTS; ENCAPSULATED CELL; IMMUNO-ISOLATION; IN-VITRO; LITHOGRAPHIC PATTERNING; NANOPOROUS MEMBRANE; PANCREATIC ISLET CELLS; POROUS MEMBRANES; SELECTIVE PERMEATION; THREE DIMENSIONS;

CELLS; CONTAINERS; DIFFUSION; INSULIN; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; MEMBRANES; NANOPORES; NUTRIENTS; PERMEATION;

CYTOLOGY;

GOLD; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; ARTIFICIAL PANCREAS; CELL SURVIVAL; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; DIFFUSION; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NANODEVICE; NANOENCAPSULATION; NANOFABRICATION; NANOPORE; OXYGEN DIFFUSION; PARTICLE SIZE;

CELL LINE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; INSULIN; INSULIN-SECRETING CELLS; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; PERMEABILITY; POROSITY;

EID: 82255162602     PISSN: 15499634     EISSN: 15499642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.08.020     Document Type: Article

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