Fractions from Commercial Collagenase Preparations: Use in Enzymic Isolation of the Islets of Langerhans from Porcine Pancreas

Transplantation of isolated islets of Langerhans is an intriguing possibility for the treatment of diabetes mellitus. The isolation of islets from pancreata requires the specific dissociation of the tissue. Commercial collagenases from Clostridium histolyticum are widely used for this purpose. Unfor...

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Main Authors: Gerd Klöck, Matthias B. Kowalski, Bernhard J. Hering, Martin E. Eiden, Astrid Weidemann, Stefan Langer, Ulrich Zimmermann, Konrad Federlin, Reinhard G. Bretzel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 1996-09-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/096368979600500504