PORCINE ISLETS CULTURED WITH PORCINE SERTOLI CELLS FOR XENOTRANSPLANTATION

摘要

Aggregates and their method of preparation suitable for implantation into a recipient in order to produce insulin in vivo. The methods involve culturing islet cells isolated from the pancreas of donor piglets with isolated Sertol i cells from the testes of donor piglets. A preferred period of culturing is 5 days and may be followed by a purification procedure.