Functional Comparison of the Single-Layer Agarose Microbeads and the Developed Three-Layer Agarose Microbeads as the Bioartificial Pancreas: An In Vitro Study

In this study, the insulin secretory characteristics of the microencapsulated hamster islets were studied during long-term culture. The hamster islets were encapsulated as single-layer agarose microbeads or three-layer agarose microbeads with agarose and agarose containing poly(styrene sulfonic acid...

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Main Authors: Baoyou Xu, Hiroo Iwata, Masaaki Miyamoto, A. N. Balamurugan, Yoshinobu Murakami, Wanxing Cui, Masayuki Imamura, Kazutomo Inoue M.D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2001-05-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000001783986567