[Islet cell transplantation: a step toward curing diabetes?].
Diabetes mellitus places an enormous burden on patients, their relatives and the society. Current therapies do not provide sufficiently tight control of blood glucose to avoid diabetic complications. Some recent developments try to restore normal glucose homeostasis. Research is islet and stem cell transplantation is developing rapidly and this article summarizes the new approaches that could cure and not simply treat diabetes in the future.
Philips
J C
JC
Service de Diabétologie, Nutrition et Maladies métaboliques, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège.
Radermecker
R
R
Scheen
A J
AJ
D001530:Belgium; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007515:Islets of Langerhans / Q000166:cytology; D016381:Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D012042:Registries; D013234:Stem Cells; D014183:Transplantation, Heterologous
La transplantation d'îlots de Langerhans ou de cellules B: un pas vers la guérison du diabete?