title: A new method of xenotransplantation using autologous cartilage as an immunoisolation barrier for the transplantation of xenogeneic islets of Langerhans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA.
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pollok
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ibarra
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vacanti
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D007328:Insulin; D011100:Polyglycolic Acid; D005947:Glucose