Tissue-Engineered Pancreatic Islets: Culturing Rat Islets in the Chitosan Sponge

Subcutaneous islet transplantation has become an attractive modality. With development of tissue-engineering techniques, it is possible to rectify the disadvantage of poor blood supply in the subcutaneous site by reconstruction of the capillary network. According to reports, the Chitosan sponge (CS)...

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Main Authors: Wanxing Cui, Do-Hoon Kim, Masayuki Imamura, Suong-Hyu Hyon, Kazutomo Inoue M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2001-05-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000001783986684