Long-term culture or complement inhibition improves early islet function in dog to rat islet xenotransplantation

Transplant Proc. 1996 Apr;28(2):805-6.

Authors

S Deng¹, R J Ketchum, M M Levy, J R Perloff, D J White, A Naji, K L Brayman

Affiliation

¹ Department of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Medical Center, Philadelphia, USA.

PMID: 8623408

No abstract available

MeSH terms

Animals
Antilymphocyte Serum / therapeutic use
Blood Glucose / metabolism
Complement Inactivator Proteins / pharmacology*
Culture Techniques / methods
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / blood
Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental / surgery*
Dogs
Elapid Venoms / pharmacology*
Immunosuppressive Agents / therapeutic use
Islets of Langerhans / cytology*
Islets of Langerhans / drug effects
Islets of Langerhans Transplantation / physiology*
Rats
Rats, Inbred Lew
Time Factors
Transplantation, Heterologous / physiology*

Substances

Antilymphocyte Serum
Blood Glucose
Complement Inactivator Proteins
Elapid Venoms
Immunosuppressive Agents
cobra venom factor