Sökning: "hyperacute rejection"

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  1. 6. Isolated islets of Langerhans trigger an instant blood mediated inflammatory reaction : a finding with implications for intraportal islet transplantation

    Författare :William Bennet; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :Human islets; porcine islets; complement; blood; complement inhibition; complement regulatory proteins; coagulation; sCR1; Heparin;

    Sammanfattning : Islet transplantation offers a logical means to treat insulin-dependent diabetes. However, for reasons poorly understood, the clinical results with islet transplantation have been vastly inferior to those obtained with whole organ pancreas transplantation. LÄS MER

  3. 7. Immunological characterisation of human anti-pig responses in vitro

    Författare :Makiko Kumagai-Braesch; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
    Nyckelord :xenotransplantation-pig-islet cells-immune responses;

    Sammanfattning : Xenotransplantation of organs or cells might solve the current problems of organ shortage. However, several problems need to be solved before xenotransplantation can become a successful clinical practice. Ethical, physiological, microbiological and immunological barriers need to be overcome. LÄS MER