T Lund, B Fosby, O Korsgren, H Scholz, A … - Transplant …, 2008 - interscience.wiley.com Factors that upregulate the inflammatory status of islets probably contribute to detrimental processes
leading to islet loss and impaired post-transplant function. Glucocorticoids have the potential
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J Cheng, J Sun, RS Sung - Transplant Immunology, 2009 - Elsevier Adenoviral gene transfer is a potential ex vivo gene therapy for islet transplantation.
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