title: Thyroid follicle transplantation by percutaneous injection.
abstract: We previously reported on the isolation of thyroid follicles from thyroid tissue and their acceptance after allogeneic transplantation under the renal capsule with laparotomy in mice. In the present study, we introduced a new method of autologous transplantation of thyroid follicles accepted in the hosts after percutaneous injection into the spleen or into fat tissue in the peritoneal cavity without laparotomy in rats. This method of thyroid transplantation by a single injection, which induces little stress in the host, is applicable to autologous and allogeneic transplantations and may release patients from the burden of daily life-long administration of thyroxine.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Iwai
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kubo
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tomoda
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tsujikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Inaba
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikehara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kumazawa
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006085:Graft Survival / Q000502:physiology; D008297:Male; D010529:Peritoneal Cavity / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013154:Spleen / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013961:Thyroid Gland / Q000473:pathology / Q000637:transplantation*; D016042:Transplantation, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology*