Title | Fetal Islet Transplantation [electronic resource] / edited by Charles M. Peterson, Lois Jovanovic-Peterson, Bent Formby |
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Imprint | Boston, MA : Springer US : Imprint: Springer, 1995 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1981-2 |
Descript | X, 191 p. online resource |
1. Protocols for Enhancing Function of Fetal Islets in Vitro and following Transplantation -- 2. Expression of Two Non-Allelic REG Genes in the Developing Human Pancreas: Effects in Vitro of Nicotinamide and Maternal Growth Factors -- 3. Preparation of Fetal Islets for Transplantation: Importance of Growth Factors -- 4. Studies of Fetal Porcine Islet-like Cell ClustersโA Tissue Source for Xenotransplantation in Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus? -- 5. Basic Biology of Pig Fetal Pancreas and Its Use as an Allograft -- 6. Combined Transplantation of Adult and Fetal Islets for Improvement of Graft Function: Prospective Approach for Diabetes Treatment -- 7. Studies on Pretreatment of Human Fetal Islet in Vitro and Clinical Islet Transplantation in China -- 8. The Use of Human Fetal Islet Tissue for Adjunctive Treatment in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Patients: The Case for โPartial Successโ -- 9. Long-Term Studies with Cultured and Cryopreserved Human Fetal Islets for Islet Transplantation in Hungary -- 10. Fetal Islet Transplantation and Pregnancy -- 11. Encapsulated Human Islet Transplant Trials in Type I Diabetic Patients -- 12. Optimal Surveillance of Diabetic Eye Disease -- 13. Detection of Pancreatic Islet Transplant Rejection -- 14. Networking for the Collection of Fetal Islet Tissues -- 15. Consensus Session Summary: Second International Symposium on Fetal Islet Transplantation -- Contributors