Islets of Langerhans encapsulated with a tissue-engineered membrane of rat chondrocytes maintain insulin secretion and glucose-insulin feedback for at least 30 days in culture.
Departments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.
J M
JM
Pollok
P A
PA
Kölln
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M
Lorenzen
E
E
Török
P M
PM
Kaufmann
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D
Kluth
K H
KH
Bohuslavizki
M
M
Gundlach
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X
Rogiers
D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane; D019902:Chondrocytes; D005246:Feedback; D005947:Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D006084:Graft Rejection / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000378:metabolism*; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew
D007328:Insulin; D005947:Glucose