Long-Term Insulin Independence following Repeated Islet Transplantation in Totally Pancreatectomized Diabetic Pigs

Clinical islet transplantation (Tx) in type I diabetic patients has been successful so far only in a minority of cases, probably because of multiple factors, partly immunologic and partly nonimmunologic in nature. Pre-clinical studies of islet Tx in large animals are still needed to clarify the reas...

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Main Authors: Eugenio Morsiani, Luciano Fogli M.D., Giovanni Lanza, Laura T. Lebow, Achilles A. Demetriou, Jacek Rozga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2002-01-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096020198389780