title: Non-Invasive monitoring of a bioartificial pancreas in vitro and in vivo.
abstract: Monitoring biochemical processes relevant to the function, survival, and longevity of tissue-engineered pancreatic constructs is important for the development of an optimum construct design as well as patient care management after implantation. In this report we demonstrate the ability of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to monitor aspects of intracellular metabolism, overall morphology, and distribution of a microencapsulation based bioartificial pancreas in vitro and in vivo.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA. iconsta@emory.edu
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Constantinidis
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Long
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Safley
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sambanis
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D021522:Bioartificial Organs; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D019397:Pancreas, Artificial; D013552:Swine