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Pancreatic islet transplants revascularize when cocultured with angiogenesis stimulators beforehand
Published in Drug Week, October 27th, 2006
According to recent research from Sweden, "Insufficient revascularization of transplanted islets may result in chronic hypoxia and loss of islet function. This study investigated whether simple culture of islets with angiogenic substances before transplantation could improve graft revascularization."
"Mouse islets were cultured with vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF; 20 ng/ml), fibroblast growth factor 2 (FGF-2; 20 ng/ml) or matrix metalloproteinase 9 (MMP-9; 1 mcg/ml). Thereafter, 250 islets were implanted beneath the renal...
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Source: Drug Week (2006-10-27)
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