title: Pyruvate improves pancreatic islet engraftment and functionality.
authors.affiliation: Section of Cellular Transplantation, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Braun
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mercado
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cicalese
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Benedetti
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rastellini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001331:Automation; D001786:Blood Glucose / Q000378:metabolism; D002469:Cell Separation / Q000379:methods; D003921:Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / Q000601:surgery*; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D011773:Pyruvates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051381:Rats; D011917:Rats, Inbred Lew; D014185:Transplantation, Isogeneic / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001786:Blood Glucose; D011773:Pyruvates