Enhanced function of immuno-isolated islets in diabetes therapy by co-encapsulation with an anti-inflammatory drug

Enhanced function of immuno-isolated islets in diabetes therapy by co-encapsulation with an anti-inflammatory drug

Immuno-isolation of islets has the potential to enable the replacement of pancreatic function in diabetic patients. However, host response to the encapsulated islets frequently leads to fibrotic overgrowth with subsequent impairment of the transplanted grafts. Here, we identified and incorporated an...

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Main Authors: Dang, Tram T. (Contributor), Thai, Anh V. (Contributor), Slosberg, Jeremy E. (Contributor), Siniakowicz, Karolina (Author), Ma, Minglin (Contributor), Hollister-Lock, Jennifer (Author), Tang, Katherine M. (Author), Gu, Zhen (Contributor), Cheng, Hao (Contributor), Weir, Gordon C. (Author), Anderson, Daniel Griffith (Contributor), Tang, Katherine (Contributor), Langer, Robert S (Author), Cohen, Joshua 1951- (Author), Doloff, Joshua C (Author)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Chemical Engineering (Contributor), Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT (Contributor), Doloff, Joshua C. (Contributor), Langer, Robert (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier, 2016-02-09T14:35:06Z.
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