The beneficial Effects of Neural Crest Stem Cells on Pancreatic β–cells
Patients with type-1 diabetes lose their β-cells after autoimmune attack. Islet transplantation is a co-option for curing this disease, but survival of transplanted islets is poor. Thus, methods to enhance β-cell viability and function as well as methods to expand β-cell mass are required. The work...
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| Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Language: | English |
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Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för neurovetenskap
2014
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| Online Access: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-233157 http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-554-9056-0 |