Pancreatic islets in bed with microvasculature-companions for life.
basic_science · Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 34841297.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.xcrm.2021.100454 and PMC identifier 8607006.
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Abstract
In <i>Cell Stem Cell</i>, Aghazadeh et al.<sup>1</sup> show that human embryonic stem cell-derived pancreatic progenitors can reverse hyperglycemia for several weeks in streptozotocin-induced diabetic mice when co-transplanted with microvessel fragments into the subcutaneous space.
Medical subject headings
- Diabetes Mellitus, Experimental
- Islets of Langerhans
- Islets of Langerhans Transplantation