Current Status of Immunomodulatory and Cellular Therapies in Preclinical and Clinical Islet Transplantation

Clinical islet transplantation is a 𝛽-cell replacement strategy that represents a possible definitive intervention for patients with type 1 diabetes, offering substantial benefits in terms of lowering daily insulin requirements and reducing incidences of debilitating hypoglycemic episodes and unawar...

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Main Authors: Preeti Chhabra, Kenneth L. Brayman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2011-01-01
Series:Journal of Transplantation
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/637692