Pig-to-rat xenotransplantation with mesh-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol bag: efficacy of agarose gel

Transplant Proc. 1996 Jun;28(3):1422-3.

Authors

K Inoue¹, Y J Gu, H Hayashi, S Shinohara, T Aung, T Tun, W J Wang, H Setoyama, Y Kawakami, H Kaji, M Imamura, N Morikawa, H Iwata, Y Ikada

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.

PMID: 8658722

No abstract available

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / surgery*
Graft Survival
Insulin / metabolism*
Insulin Secretion
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / instrumentation
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / methods*
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / physiology
Male
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Sepharose*
Swine
Transplantation, Heterologous / instrumentation
Transplantation, Heterologous / methods*
Transplantation, Heterologous / physiology

Substances

Blood Glucose
Insulin
Polyvinyl Alcohol
Sepharose