Impact of Tissue Volume and Purification on Clinical Autologous Islet Transplantation for the Treatment of Chronic Pancreatitis

Autologous islet transplantation after total pancreatectomy is an excellent treatment for painful chronic pancreatitis. Traditionally, islets have been isolated without purification; however, purification is applied when the tissue volume is large. Nevertheless, the impact of tissue volume and islet...

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Main Authors: Shinichi Matsumoto M.D., Ph.D., Morihito Takita, Masayuki Shimoda, Koji Sugimoto, Takeshi Itoh, Daisuke Chujo, Jeffery A. Sorelle, Yoshiko Tamura, Ana M. Rahman, Nicholas Onaca, Bashoo Naziruddin Ph.D., Marlon F. Levy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2012-04-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368911X623899