Effect of Pretransplant Preconditioning by Whole Body Hyperthermia on Islet Graft Survival

Previous observations in heat-shocked pig islets revealed the ambivalent character of the stress response simultaneously inducing processes of protection and apoptosis. To clarify whether the proapoptotic character of the stress response is reduced in heat-exposed islets still embedded in their nati...

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Main Authors: H. Brandhorst, M. Olbrich, A. Neumann, H. Jahr, D. Brandhorst
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2007-08-01
Series:Cell Transplantation
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3727/000000007783465163