Antiapoptotic Effect of Tacrolimus on Cytokine-Challenged Human Islets

Our goal was to investigate whether previously related antiapoptotic and anti-inflammatory effects of tacrolimus could be useful in protecting human islets cultured in the presence of several proinflammatory mediators. Human islets obtained from cadaveric donors after intraductal infusion with colla...

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Main Authors: Jose M. Balibrea Del Castillo M.D., Ph.D., M. Cruz García-Martín, Javier Arias-Díaz, Elena Giné, Elena Vara, Jose L. Balibrea Cantero
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2009-11-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/096368909X12483162197240