Dendritic cells (DCs) have a critical effect on the outcome of adaptive immune responses
against growing tumors. Recent studies on the metabolism on DCs provide new insights on …

Although islet culture prior to transplantation provides flexibility for the evaluation of isolated
islets and the pretreatment of patients, it is well known that isolated islets deteriorate rapidly …

Islet β-cells are responsible for secreting all circulating insulin in response to rising plasma
glucose concentrations. These cells are a phenotypically diverse population that express …

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Cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease in people who had consumed contaminated
meat products from cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy emphasize the need for …

Pancreatic islet transplantation is an established treatment to restore insulin independence
in type 1 diabetic patients. Its success rates have increased lately based on improvements in …

Background Cells are an essential part of the triple principles of tissue engineering and a
crucial component of the engineered ovary as they can induce angiogenesis, synthesize …

We reported in 2018 that among several extracellular matrices, fibronectin, type I collagen,
type IV collagen, laminin I, fibrinogen, and bovine serum albumin, fibronectin is particularly …

Hypoxia is the main threat to morphological and functional integrity of isolated pancreatic
islets. Lack of oxygen seems to be of particular importance for functionality of encapsulated …

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