Corticotropin-releasing hormone facilitates early survival of discordant (bovine-to-rat) islet xenografts

Transplant Proc. 1998 Aug;30(5):2481-3. doi: 10.1016/s0041-1345(98)00696-4.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Blood Glucose / metabolism
  • Cattle
  • Cells, Cultured
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / blood
  • Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / surgery
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / pharmacology
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone / therapeutic use*
  • Graft Survival / drug effects*
  • Insulin / metabolism
  • Insulin Secretion
  • Islets of Langerhans / cytology*
  • Islets of Langerhans / drug effects
  • Islets of Langerhans / metabolism
  • Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / immunology
  • Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / pathology
  • Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / physiology*
  • Methylprednisolone / pharmacology
  • Methylprednisolone / therapeutic use
  • Niacinamide / pharmacology
  • Niacinamide / therapeutic use*
  • Rats
  • Rats, Inbred Lew
  • Transplantation, Heterologous / immunology
  • Transplantation, Heterologous / pathology
  • Transplantation, Heterologous / physiology*

Substances

  • Blood Glucose
  • Insulin
  • Niacinamide
  • Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone
  • Methylprednisolone