Toward Improving Human Islet Isolation from Younger Donors: Rescue Purification is Efficient for Trapped Islets

Several reports suggest that islets isolated from younger donor pancreata are of better quality for clinical islet transplantation. The relative inefficiency of the continuous gradient purification process (CGP) is one of the major obstacles to the utilization of these younger donor pancreata. This...

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Main Authors: A. Miki, C. Ricordi, S. Messinger, T. Yamamoto, A. Mita, S. Barker, R. Haetter, A. Khan, R. Alejandro, H. Ichii M.D., Ph.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-01-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368909788237159