Sökning: "pancreatic islet transplantation"
Visar resultat 41 - 43 av 43 avhandlingar innehållade orden pancreatic islet transplantation.
41. Immunopathology of the Pancreas in Type 1 Diabetes
Sammanfattning : Type 1 diabetes (T1D) results from a loss of functional insulin-producing pancreatic beta cells. The etiology of T1D is poorly understood, but the detection of infiltrating inflammatory cells in the pancreas and circulating autoantibodies has led to the common notion that an autoimmune process plays a central role in the pathogenesis of the disease. LÄS MER
42. Regulation of human pancreas hormone secretion by autonomic innervation
Sammanfattning : Diabetes mellitus is a silent killer doing away with one person every 10 seconds. We speak of diabetes when the organism cannot control the right level of glucose in the blood. The hormones insulin and glucagon secreted by the islets of Langerhans are the major players maintaining glucose homeostasis. LÄS MER
43. FGF signaling in specification of hESC-derived definitive endoderm
Sammanfattning : Diabetes affects around 200 million people worldwide. Curing diabetes would require the prevention of autoimmune destruction of beta cells and restoration of the beta cell mass restored either through regeneration or transplantation of the insulin producing cells. LÄS MER