A new method of xenotransplantation using autologous cartilage as an immunoisolation barrier for the transplantation of xenogeneic islets of Langerhans.
Pollok
J M
JM
Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
Ibarra
C
C
Vacanti
J P
JP
D000818:Animals; D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002358:Cartilage, Articular; D002417:Cattle; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000379:methods*
D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D007328:Insulin; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D005947:Glucose