Diabetic rats transplanted with adult porcine islets and immunosuppressed with cyclosporine, mycophenolate mofetil, and leflunomide remain normoglycemic for up to 100 days

Transplant Proc. 2000 Aug;32(5):1061. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01119-2.

Authors

L Wennberg¹, Z Song, J Zhang, W Bennet, S Nava, S Bari, B Sundberg, O Korsgren, C G Groth

Affiliation

¹ Department of Transplantation Surgery, Karolinska Institute, Huddinge Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden. [email protected]

PMID: 10936353
DOI: 10.1016/s0041-1345(00)01119-2

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Cyclosporine / therapeutic use*
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / surgery
Drug Therapy, Combination
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / immunology
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / physiology*
Isoxazoles / therapeutic use*
Leflunomide
Mycophenolic Acid / analogs & derivatives*
Mycophenolic Acid / therapeutic use
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Swine
Transplantation, Heterologous / immunology
Transplantation, Heterologous / physiology*

Substances

Blood Glucose
Immunosuppressive Agents
Isoxazoles
Cyclosporine
Leflunomide
Mycophenolic Acid