Adipose stem cells from chronic pancreatitis patients improve mouse and human islet survival and function
Abstract Background Chronic pancreatitis has surgical options including total pancreatectomy to control pain. To avoid surgical diabetes, the explanted pancreas can have islets harvested and transplanted. Immediately following total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation (TP-IAT), many islet...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2017-08-01
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Series: | Stem Cell Research & Therapy |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13287-017-0627-x |