Pancreatic islet cell therapy for type I diabetes: understanding the effects of glucose stimulation on islets in order to produce better islets for transplantation
While insulin replacement remains the cornerstone treatment for type I diabetes mellitus (T1DM), the transplantation of pancreatic islets of Langerhans has the potential to become an important alternative. And yet, islet transplant therapy is limited by several factors, including far too few donor p...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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BioMed Central
2007
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1769476/ |