title: Purity of alginate affects the viability and fibrotic overgrowth of encapsulated porcine islet xenografts.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physiology and Biochemistry, Federal Research Centre, Kiel, Germany.
authors.forename: W J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Laue
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hyder
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Schrezenmeir
mesh_terms: D000464:Alginates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001464:Barium; D002455:Cell Division / Q000187:drug effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects*; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D005355:Fibrosis; D005947:Glucose / Q000494:pharmacology; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D007328:Insulin / Q000378:metabolism; D000078790:Insulin Secretion; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology* / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D016035:Pancreas Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D013552:Swine; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous / Q000473:pathology*
chemical_list: D000464:Alginates; D003432:Cross-Linking Reagents; D006603:Hexuronic Acids; D007328:Insulin; D001464:Barium; D020723:Glucuronic Acid; D005947:Glucose