Isolation of adult porcine islets of Langerhans.

While human islet allotransplantation is limited due to the shortage of donors, pig islet xenotransplantation appears to be a possible alternative. Enzymatic digestion is the method most commonly used for adult pig islet isolation, but since the description of the semiautomated isolation technique i...

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Main Authors: Toso, C, Brandhorst, D, Oberholzer, J, Triponez, F, Bühler, L, Morel, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000