Improvement of islet transplantation by the fusion of islet cells with functional blood vessels

Abstract Pancreatic islet transplantation still represents a promising therapeutic strategy for curative treatment of type 1 diabetes mellitus. However, a limited number of organ donors and insufficient vascularization with islet engraftment failure restrict the successful transfer of this approach...

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Main Authors: Lisa Nalbach, Leticia P Roma, Beate M Schmitt, Vivien Becker, Christina Körbel, Selina Wrublewsky, Mandy Pack, Thomas Später, Wolfgang Metzger, Maximilian M Menger, Florian S Frueh, Claudia Götz, Haopeng Lin, Jocelyn E Manning Fox, Patrick E MacDonald, Michael D Menger, Matthias W Laschke, Emmanuel Ampofo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2020-11-01
Series:EMBO Molecular Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.15252/emmm.202012616