title: Possible relationship between fibrotic overgrowth of alginate-polylysine-alginate microencapsulated pancreatic islets and the microcapsule integrity.
authors.affiliation: Surgical Research Laboratory, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: de Vos
authors.forename: G H
authors.initials: GH
authors.lastname: Wolters
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Schilfgaarde
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates; D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002214:Capsules; D003911:Dextrans; D005355:Fibrosis; D006801:Humans; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods* / Q000473:pathology*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D011107:Polylysine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives*; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D002214:Capsules; D003911:Dextrans; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; C051546:alginate-polylysine-alginate; D011107:Polylysine; C025614:sephadex