Surface Coating of Islets of Langerhans by Activated Polyethylene Glycol [PDF]
The final treatment for diabetes is transplantation of islets of Langerhans. One of the new proposed methods for immunological preservation of transplanted cells is coating of cell surface by polyethylene glycol.
S. Hashemi Najafabadi +3 more
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Adult stem cells are unspecialized cells with the capacity to differentiate into many different cell types in the body. These cells together with the progenitor cells involve in the tissue repair processes and maintain the functionality of the tissue in which they are found.
Karaöz, Erdal, Duruksu, Gökhan
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Lesió i protecció de les cèl·lules beta en el trasplantament d'illots pancreàtics [PDF]
[cat] El trasplantament d'illots pancreàtics pot ser una bona teràpia per els malalts amb diabetis mellitus de tipus 1, però hi ha alguns problemes que cal solventar abans que sigui un tractament estès.
Montolio Rusiñol, Marta
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Cyclic AMP signalling in pancreatic islets [PDF]
Cyclic 3'5'AMP (cAMP) is an important physiological amplifier of glucose-induced insulin secretion by the pancreatic islet β-cell, where it is formed by the activity of adenylyl cyclases, which are stimulated by glucose, through elevation in ...
Pyne, Nigel J. +2 more
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A role for the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor in cell-cell communication in pancreatic islets of Langerhans [PDF]
Background: The extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaR) is expressed in many tissues that are not associated with Ca2+ homeostasis, including the endocrine cells in pancreatic islets of Langerhans.
Persaud, Shanta J.; id_orcid +6 more
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Protecting islet functional viability using mesenchymal stromal cells
Islet transplantation is an emerging treatment for type 1 diabetes which offers the prospect of physiological control of blood glucose and reductions in acute hypoglycaemic episodes.
Ella L. Hubber +2 more
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Noradrenergic and Cholinergic Reinnervation of Islet Grafts in Diabetic Rats [PDF]
Grafted islets become denervated due to the islet transplantation procedure. The aim of the present study was 1) to examine whether islet grafts in the liver, the spleen, and under the kidney capsule in rats become reinnervated following the ...
Oestreicher, AB +27 more
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Effect of Juvenile Obesity on the Islets of Langerhans in Rat and the Possibility of Recovery at Adulthood: A Histological and Immunohistochemical Study [PDF]
Background: Juvenile obesity is a serious problem that increases the risk of future development of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes at adulthood through programing a metabolic dysfunction during development.Aim of the Work: to perform a ...
Marwa Ibrahim +2 more
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The combined effect of magnetic and electric fields using on/off infrared light on the blood sugar level and the diameter of Langerhans islets of diabetic mice [PDF]
Background and Aim: At present, diabetes is treated with oral antidiabetic medicines, such as sulfonylureas and thiazolidine, as well as insulin injection. However, these methods have several shortcomings.
S. Suhariningsih +7 more
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Differentiation of pancreatic endocrine islets in buffalo fetus
Pancreas of 24 buffalo foetii collected from abattoir and veterinary clinics, GADVASU, Ludhiana were studied. The buffalo foetii were divided into three groups after measuring their CVRL, viz.
DIVYA GUPTA +3 more
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