Abstract
A standard method for bovine islet isolation has been developed. The mean islet yield per gram pancreas obtained from the last twelve consecutive glands was 2,098 +/- 292 representing an insulin recovery of 36.1 +/- 6.5%. The static incubation of freshly isolated bovine islets in the presence of glucose resulted in a less distinct increase of insulin secretion than in the presence of free fatty acids. Nevertheless, xenotransplantation of bovine islets to immunosuppressed C57BL6J mice did reverse streptozotocin-induced diabetes for 2 to 6 days.
Translated title of the contribution | Islands of Langerhans of cattle--potential donor tissue for clinical islet transplantation? |
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Original language | German |
Pages (from-to) | 138-146 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Zeitschrift für experimentelle Chirurgie, Transplantation, und künstliche Organe : Organ der Sektion Experimentelle Chirurgie der Gesellschaft für Chirurgie der DDR |
Volume | 22 |
Issue number | 3 |
State | Published - 1989 |