In culture and after transplantation, the oxygen supply of islets and nutrients depends solely on diffusion. The pO 2 level may be sufficiently high throughout the transplanted islets to maintain cell ...

The immunofluorescent image shows human islet grafts that were pretreated with three small molecules (and controls for comparison) and transplanted into female or male mice. One week after ...

Free from the risk of predators and intent to attract potential mates, male lizards relocated to experimental islets in Greece produce a novel chemical calling card, according to new research.

Special Issue 65: Proceedings of the 12th INTERNATIONAL COASTAL SYMPOSIUM ICS 2013, Volume 1 (2013), pp. 523-528 (6 pages) Published By: Coastal Education & Research Foundation, Inc. In the ...

Many factors influence the outcome of islet transplantation. As islets in the early posttransplant setting are supplied with oxygen by diffusion only and are in a hypoxic state in the portal system, ...