Fetal Islet Transplantation - Implications for Diabetes

List of contents

1 Perspectives on Use of Human Fetal Pancreatic Tissue in the Field of Research on Diabetes Mellitus: An Introduction.- 2 Tissue Culture and Cryopreservation of Fetal Mammalian Endocrine Pancreas Intended for Transplantation.- 3 Ontogeny of Non-? Cell Function in the Fetal Islet.- 4 Studies of Human Fetal Pancreatic Islets In Vitro.- 5 Strategies for Specific Immunosuppression In Vitro with Cyclosporine.- 6 Islet Graft Pretreatment with PUVA or Antibodies to MHC Antigens.- 7 Rodent Xenografts of Human and Porcine Fetal Tissue.- 8 Fetal Pancreas Transplantation for Treatment of Type I Diabetes: Miniature Swine Model.- 9 From Nude Mouse to Man.- 10 Fetal Islet Transplantation in Diabetic Mice: A Model for Human Islet Transplants.- 11 Studies of Transplantation of Human Fetal Tissue in Man.

Product details

• Assisted by: Bent Formby (Editor), Lois Jovanovic-Peterson (Editor), Charles M Peterson (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer New York
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.1988
• EAN: 9780387965871
• ISBN: 978-0-387-96587-1
• No. of pages: 205
• Weight: 555 g
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Clinical medicine