Re-engineering islet cell transplantation

Pharmacological Research

Volumn 98, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-85

  Fotino, Nicoletta ^a,b   Fotino, Carmen ^a   Pileggi, Antonello ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Beta cells; Biomaterials; Cellular therapies; Diabetes; Implantable devices; Insulin; Islet transplantation; Islets of Langerhans; Stem cells; Tissue engineering

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL ENCAPSULATION; CELLULAR IMMUNITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HUMAN; IMMUNOMODULATION; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MACRODEVICE; MEDICAL DEVICE; METABOLIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS ISLET TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCAFFOLD; ANIMAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

ANIMALS; BIOENGINEERING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; HUMANS; IMMUNOMODULATION; ISLETS OF LANGERHANS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 84930763943     PISSN: 10436618     EISSN: 10961186     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phrs.2015.02.010     Document Type: Review

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