Engraftment of Pancreatic Islets in Alternative Transplantation Sites and the Feasibility of in vivo Monitoring of Native and Transplanted Beta-Cell Mass
Islet transplantation is a possible curative treatment for type 1 diabetes (T1D). Currently the liver dominates as implantation site, despite the many challenges encountered at this site. Acute hypoxia in islets transplanted to muscle and omentum, two possible alternative sites, was prevailing. Howe...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för medicinsk cellbiologi
2016
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-282953 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9551-0 |