Improved insulin release from a bioartificial pancreas using mesh-reinforced polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel tube: immobilization of islets in agarose gel

MeSH terms

• Animals
• Artificial Organs*
• Biocompatible Materials
• Cell Separation / methods
• Cells, Cultured
• Culture Techniques / methods
• Gels
• Insulin / metabolism*
• Insulin Secretion
• Islets of Langerhans / cytology
• Islets of Langerhans / metabolism*
• Male
• Perfusion
• Polyvinyl Alcohol
• Rats
• Rats, Sprague-Dawley