Islets of Langerhans encapsulated with a tissue-engineered membrane of rat chondrocytes maintain insulin secretion and glucose-insulin feedback for at least 30 days in culture

Transplant Proc. 2001 Feb-Mar;33(1-2):1713-4. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02654-3.

Authors

J M Pollok¹, P A Kölln, M Lorenzen, E Török, P M Kaufmann, D Kluth, K H Bohuslavizki, M Gundlach, X Rogiers

Affiliation

¹ Departments of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Pediatric Surgery, and Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany.

PMID: 11267482
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)02654-3

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Cell Membrane*
Chondrocytes
Feedback
Glucose / metabolism
Graft Rejection / prevention & control*
Insulin / metabolism*
Islets of Langerhans / metabolism*
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / methods*
Male
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew

Substances

Insulin
Glucose