EX VIVO MATURATION OF ISLET CELLS

The invention relates to methods for promoting maturation of islet cells from pre-weaned mammals for the purpose of optimizing the islets for their use as donor tissue for xenotransplantation. The method of the invention removes the pancreas from donor animals and reduces the pancreas tissue to frag...

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Main Author LAKEY JONATHAN RT
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Korean
Published 24.06.2014
Subjects
BEER
BIOCHEMISTRY
CHEMISTRY
COMPOSITIONS THEREOF
CULTURE MEDIA
ENZYMOLOGY
METALLURGY
MICROBIOLOGY
MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES
MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING
PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS
SPIRITS
VINEGAR
WINE
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Summary:The invention relates to methods for promoting maturation of islet cells from pre-weaned mammals for the purpose of optimizing the islets for their use as donor tissue for xenotransplantation. The method of the invention removes the pancreas from donor animals and reduces the pancreas tissue to fragments that are greater than the size of an intact islet while retaining islets in their whole, insulin-producing condition. The method of the invention also serially cultures the digested tissue in novel maturation media that enhance the glucose responsiveness of the cultured islets, and selects islets that are sufficiently glucose-responsive for use in transplantation procedures.
Bibliography:Application Number: KR20147010878