Pyruvate improves pancreatic islet engraftment and functionality.
Brown
M
M
Section of Cellular Transplantation, Division of Transplantation, Department of Surgery, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
Braun
M
M
Mercado
P
P
Cicalese
L
L
Benedetti
E
E
Rastellini
C
C
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*
D001786:Blood Glucose; D011773:Pyruvates