The induction of capillary bed development by endothelial cell growth factor before islet transplantation may prevent islet ischemia.
Research Service, Veterans Administration Medical Center, Louisville, Kentucky 40206.
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D000818:Animals; D002196:Capillaries / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004730:Endothelium, Vascular; D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D007511:Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000098:blood supply; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation; D009389:Neovascularization, Pathologic; D051381:Rats; D012039:Regional Blood Flow
D005346:Fibroblast Growth Factors