Pig islets xenotransplantation: recent progress and current perspectives

Pig islets xenotransplantation: recent progress and current perspectives

Islet xenotransplantation is a prospective treatment to bridge the gap between available human cells and needs of patients with diabetes. Pig is the ideal candidate to obtain such available islet cells. However, potential clinical application of pig islet transplantation still faces obstacles such a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Haitao eZhu, Wanli eWang, Liang eYu, Bo eWang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Surgery
Subjects:
immune
islet
pig
Isolation
xenotransplantation
rejection;
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fsurg.2014.00007/full

Similar Items

Similar Items