Comparison of the Portal Vein and Kidney Subcapsule as Sites for Primate Islet Autotransplantation

To date, the portal vein has been the primary site for clinical islet transplantation. Despite success, potential complications such as portal vein thrombosis still exist. The kidney subcapsule has been used successfully in rodent models of islet transplantation. We hypothesized that the kidney subc...

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Main Authors: Amer Rajab M.D., Ph.D., Jill Buss, Elizabeth Diakoff, Gregg A. Hadley, Kwame Osei, Ronald M. Ferguson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2008-09-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368908786991533